SEC FOOTBALL 2008

Week 2 - Sept. 4-6 Charles Bloom, Associate Commissioner (Football Contact) Media Relations E-Mail: [email protected] • Phone: (205) 458-3000 • Fax: (205) 458-3030 FEW SECONDS ON THE SEC EASTERN DIVISION SEC FOOTBALL RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS SEC Pct. PF PA Overall Pct. PF PA 2007 vs. Div. Top 25 Streak • Vanderbilt’s Chris Nickson (offense), 0-0 .000 0 0 1-0 1.000 56 10 1-0 0-0 0-0 W 1 Kentucky’s Myron Pryor (defense), Florida’s Georgia 0-0 .000 0 0 1-0 1.000 45 21 1-0 0-0 0-0 W 1 (special teams), Mike Johnson Kentucky 0-0 .000 0 0 1-0 1.000 27 2 1-0 0-0 0-0 W 1 (offensive line) and (defensive South Carolina 0-0 .000 0 0 1-0 1.000 34 0 1-0 0-0 0-0 W 1 line) of and Ole Miss’ Brandon Bolden Tennessee 0-0 .000 0 0 0-1 .000 24 27 0-1 0-0 0-0 L 1 named SEC Players of the Week (See page 5). Vanderbilt 0-0 .000 0 0 1-0 1.000 34 13 1-0 0-0 0-0 W 1

• SEC opens season with 10-2 non-conference WESTERN DIVISION record, ties with Big 12 and Pac-10 for highest percentage thus far in 2008 (See page 7). SEC Pct. PF PA Overall Pct. PF PA 2007 vs. Div. Top 25 Streak Alabama 0-0 .000 0 0 1-0 1.000 34 10 1-0 0-0 1-0 W 1 • The SEC has a conference-high six teams Arkansas 0-0 .000 0 0 1-0 1.000 28 24 1-0 0-0 0-0 W 1 ranked in this week’s AP and USA Today Auburn 0-0 .000 0 0 1-0 1.000 34 0 1-0 0-0 0-0 W 1 coaches poll (See page 8). LSU 0-0 .000 0 0 1-0 1.000 41 13 1-0 0-0 0-0 W 1 Ole Miss 0-0 .000 0 0 1-0 1.000 41 24 1-0 0-0 0-0 W 1 • Auburn junior Jerraud Powers is this week’s Mississippi State 0-0 .000 0 0 0-1 .000 14 22 0-1 0-0 0-0 L 1 SEC Community Service Player of the Week (See page 8). NOTES: 2007 - Record after same number of games in 2007 / vs. Top 25 - Record vs. teams in Top 25 when game was played; Teams listed in alphabetical order unless tie-breaker applicable • LSU has the SEC’s best overall mark since 2003 (See page 9). THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE • Georgia is 31-2 against non-conference foes GAMES OF THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 , Fla. (1-0) at Florida (1-0) at Sanford Stadium under (See South Carolina (1-0) at Vanderbilt (1-0) 8 p.m. ET • ESPN page 12). 7:30 p.m. CT • ESPN Gainesville, Fla. • Florida Field (88,548) Nashville, Tenn. • Vanderbilt Stadium (39,773) OPEN: Tennessee (0-1) • Arkansas’ Jonathan Luigs named to three different pre-season awards watch lists (See page 13). GAMES OF SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 Southern Miss (1-0) at Auburn (1-0) • South Carolina’s Kenny McKinley is SEC’s 11:30 a.m. CT • Raycom leading active receiver in both yards and catch- Auburn, Ala. • Jordan-Hare Stadium (87,451) es (See page 14). Ole Miss (1-0) at Wake Forest (1-0) 2:30 p.m. CT • ABC Sports • Mississippi State’s is in the Winston-Salem, N.C. • Groves Stadium (31,500) SEC career top 10 in return yardage (See pages Central Michigan (1-0) at Georgia (1-0) 15-16). 3:30 p.m. CT • FSN South Athens, Ga. • Sanford Stadium (92,746) • SEC defenses stop opponents 3-and-out on Louisiana-Monroe (0-1) at Arkansas (1-0) 41 percent of drives in Week 1 (See page 17). 6 p.m. CT Little Rock, Ark. • War Memorial Stadium (53,727) • Tennessee has the SEC’s best road winning Southeastern Louisiana (1-0) at Mississippi State (0-1) percentage in conference games since 1992 6 p.m. CT (See page 18). Starkville, Miss. • Davis Wade Stadium (55,082) Norfolk State (1-0) at Kentucky (1-0) • SEC offenses rush for 25 and 6 p.m. ET • PPV throw for 18 more in Week 1 (See page 18). Lexington, Ky. • Commonwealth Stadium (67,606) Tulane (0-0) at Alabama (1-0) 6:07 p.m. CT • PPV Tuscaloosa, Ala. • Bryant-Denny Stadium (92,138) Troy (1-0) at LSU (1-0) 7 p.m. CT Baton Rouge, La. • Tiger Stadium (92,400) 2008 SEC Football • Page 2 Week 2 2008 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE TEAM SCHEDULES AND RESULTS ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE (1-0, 0-0 SEC) (1-0, 0-0 SEC) Home Stadium: Bryant-Denny (92,138) Home Stadium: Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field (88,548) Home: 0-0 Away: 0-0 Neutral: 1-0 vs. Division: 0-0 vs. Top 25: 1-0 Home: 1-0 Away: 0-0 Neutral: 0-0 vs. Division: 0-0 vs. Top 25: 0-0 Total Home Attendance: 0 Average Home Attendance: 0 Total Home Attendance: 90,575 Average Home Attendance: 90,575

Aug. 30 *vs. Clemson [ABC] (9/9) W 34-10 70,097 Aug. 30 HAWAII [RAYCOM] W 56-10 90,575 Sept. 6 TULANE 6:07 p.m. Sept. 6 MIAMI, FL. [ESPN] 8 p.m. Sept. 13 WESTERN KENTUCKY 6:07 p.m. Sept. 20 at Tennessee TBA Sept. 20 at Arkansas TBA Sept. 27 OLE MISS TBA Sept. 27 at Georgia TBA Oct. 4 at Arkansas TBA Oct. 4 KENTUCKY TBA Oct. 11 LSU TBA Oct. 18 OLE MISS TBA Oct. 25 KENTUCKY TBA Oct. 25 at Tennessee TBA Nov. 1 *vs. Georgia TBA Nov. 1 ARKANSAS STATE TBA Nov. 8 at Vanderbilt TBA Nov. 8 at LSU TBA Nov. 15 SOUTH CAROLINA TBA Nov. 15 MISSISSIPPI STATE TBA Nov. 22 THE CITADEL TBA Nov. 29 AUBURN TBA Nov. 29 at Florida State TBA

* - at Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Ga. * - Jacksonville, Fla. ALL TIMES CENTRAL ALL TIMES EASTERN

ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS (1-0, 0-0 SEC) GEORGIA BULLDOGS (1-0, 0-0 SEC) Home Stadium(s): Reynolds Razorback (72,000); War Memorial (53,727) Home Stadium: Sanford (92,746) Home: 1-0 Away: 0-0 vs. Division: 0-0 vs. Top 25: 0-0 Home: 1-0 Away: 0-0 Neutral: 0-0 vs. Division: 0-0 vs. Top 25: 0-0 Total Home Attendance: 70,537 Average Home Attendance: 70,537 Total Home Attendance: 92,746 Average Home Attendance: 92,746

Aug. 30 WESTERN ILLINOIS W 28-24 70,537 Aug. 30 GEORGIA SOUTHERN [PPV] W 45-21 92,746 Sept. 6 *LOUISIANA-MONROE 6 p.m. Sept. 6 CENTRAL MICHIGAN [FSNS] 3:30 p.m. Sept. 13 at Texas [ABC] 2:30 p.m. Sept. 13 at South Carolina [CBS] 3:30 p.m. Sept. 20 ALABAMA TBA Sept. 20 at Arizona State [ABC] 8:13 p.m. Oct. 4 FLORIDA TBA Sept. 27 ALABAMA TBA Oct. 11 at Auburn TBA Oct. 11 TENNESSEE TBA Oct. 18 at Kentucky TBA Oct. 18 VANDERBILT (HC) TBA Oct. 25 OLE MISS TBA Oct. 25 at LSU TBA Nov. 1 TULSA 1 p.m. Nov. 1 *vs. Florida TBA Nov. 8 at South Carolina TBA Nov. 8 at Kentucky TBA Nov. 22 at Mississippi State TBA Nov. 15 at Auburn TBA Nov. 28 *LSU [CBS] 1:30 p.m. Nov. 29 GEORGIA TECH TBA

* - Little Rock, Ark. * - Jacksonville, Fla. ALL TIMES CENTRAL ALL TIMES EASTERN

AUBURN TIGERS (1-0, 0-0 SEC) KENTUCKY WILDCATS (1-0, 0-0 SEC) Home Stadium: Jordan-Hare (87,451) Home Stadium: Commonwealth (67,606) Home: 1-0 Away: 0-0 vs. Division: 0-0 vs. Top 25: 0-0 Home: 0-0 Away: 1-0 vs. Division: 0-0 vs. Top 25: 0-0 Total Home Attendance: 87,451 Average Home Attendance: 87,451 Total Home Attendance: 0 Average Home Attendance: 0 Aug. 30 LOUISIANA-MONROE W 34-0 87,451 Aug. 31 at Louisville [ESPN] W 27-2 42,696 Sept. 6 SOUTHERN MISS [RAYCOM] 11:30 a.m. Sept. 6 NORFOLK STATE 6 p.m. Sept. 13 at Mississippi State [ESPN2] 6 p.m. Sept. 13 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 7 p.m. Sept. 20 LSU TBA Sept. 27 WESTERN KENTUCKY TBA Sept. 27 TENNESSEE TBA Oct. 4 at Alabama TBA Oct. 4 at Vanderbilt TBA Oct. 11 SOUTH CAROLINA TBA Oct. 11 ARKANSAS TBA Oct. 18 ARKANSAS (HC) TBA Oct. 23 at West Virginia [ESPN] 6:30 p.m. Oct. 25 at Florida TBA Nov. 1 at Ole Miss TBA Nov. 1 at Mississippi State TBA Nov. 8 TENNESSEE-MARTIN (HC) 1:30 p.m. Nov. 8 GEORGIA TBA Nov. 15 GEORGIA TBA Nov. 15 VANDERBILT TBA Nov. 29 at Alabama TBA Nov. 29 at Tennessee

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Opponents’ AP & USA Today/ESPN Rankings in Parenthesis at Time Game Was Played HC - Homecoming / PPV - Pay per View / TD - Tape Delayed December 6 • SEC Football Championship Game • Atlanta • Georgia Dome • 4 p.m. ET • CBS Sports Times for Week’s SEC Games Listed Only After That Week’s TV Schedule is Announced 2008 SEC Football • Page 3 Week 2 2008 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE TEAM SCHEDULES AND RESULTS LSU TIGERS (1-0, 0-0 SEC) (1-0, 0-0 SEC) Home Stadium: Tiger (92,400) Home Stadium: Williams-Brice (80,250) Home: 1-0 Away: 0-0 vs. Division: 0-0 vs. Top 25: 0-0 Home: 1-0 Away: 0-0 Neutral: 0-0 vs. Division: 0-0 vs. Top 25: 0-0 Total Home Attendance: 91,922 Average Home Attendance: 91,922 Total Home Attendance: 80,616 Average Home Attendance: 80,616

Aug. 30 APPALACHIAN STATE [ESPN Classic] W 41-13 91,922 Aug. 28 N.C. STATE [ESPN] W 34-0 80,616 Sept. 6 TROY 7 p.m. Sept. 4 at Vanderbilt [ESPN] 8:30 p.m. Sept. 13 NORTH TEXAS 7 p.m. Sept. 13 GEORGIA [CBS] 3:30 p.m. Sept. 20 at Auburn TBA Sept. 20 WOFFORD TBA Sept. 27 MISSISSIPPI STATE (HC) TBA Sept. 27 UAB TBA Oct. 11 at Florida TBA Oct. 4 at Ole Miss TBA Oct. 18 at South Carolina TBA Oct. 11 at Kentucky TBA Oct. 25 GEORGIA TBA Oct. 18 LSU TBA Nov. 1 TULANE 7 p.m. Nov. 1 TENNESSEE TBA Nov. 8 ALABAMA TBA Nov. 8 ARKANSAS TBA Nov. 22 OLE MISS TBA Nov. 15 at Florida TBA Nov. 28 at Arkansas (CBS) 1:30 p.m. Nov. 29 at Clemson TBA * - at Little Rock, Ark. ALL TIMES EASTERN ALL TIMES CENTRAL

OLE MISS REBELS (1-0, 0-0 SEC) TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS (0-1, 0-0 SEC) Home Stadium: Vaught-Hemingway / Hollingsworth Field (60,580) Home Stadium: Neyland / Shields-Watkins Field (102,038) Home: 1-0 Away: 0-0 vs. Division: 0-0 vs. Top 25: 0-0 Home: 0-0 Away: 0-1 Neutral: 0-0 vs. Division: 0-0 vs. Top 25: 0-0 Total Home Attendance: 56,127 Average Home Attendance: 56,127 Total Home Attendance: 0 Average Home Attendance: 0

Aug. 30 MEMPHIS W 41-24 56,127 Sept. 1 at UCLA [ESPN] L 24-27 (OT) 68,546 Sept. 6 at Wake Forest [ABC] (20/20) 2:30 p.m. Sept. 13 UAB [RAYCOM] 12:30 p.m. Sept. 13 SAMFORD 6 p.m. Sept. 20 FLORIDA TBA Sept. 20 VANDERBILT TBA Sept. 27 at Auburn TBA Sept. 27 at Florida TBA Oct. 4 NORTHERN ILLINOIS [PPV] 7 p.m. Oct. 4 SOUTH CAROLINA (HC) TBA Oct. 11 at Georgia TBA Oct. 18 at Alabama TBA Oct. 18 MISSISSIPPI STATE TBA Oct. 25 at Arkansas TBA Oct. 25 ALABAMA TBA Nov. 1 AUBURN TBA Nov. 1 at South Carolina TBA Nov. 15 LOUISIANA-MONROE TBA Nov. 8 WYOMING [PPV] (HC) 1 p.m. Nov. 22 at LSU TBA Nov. 22 at Vanderbilt TBA Nov. 28 MISSISSIPPI STATE [RAYCOM] 11:30 a.m. Nov. 29 KENTUCKY TBA

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MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS (0-1, 0-0 SEC) VANDERBILT COMMODORES (1-0, 0-0 SEC) Home Stadium: Davis Wade / Scott Field (55,082) Home Stadium: Vanderbilt (39,773) Home: 0-0 Away: 0-1 vs. Division: 0-0 vs. Top 25: 0-0 Home: 0-0 Away: 1-0 vs. Division: 0-0 vs. Top 25: 0-0 Total Home Attendance: 0 Average Home Attendance: 0 Total Home Attendance: 18,398 Average Home Attendance: 18,398 Aug. 30 at Louisiana Tech [ESPN2] L 14-22 25,224 Aug. 28 at Miami (Ohio) [ESPNU] W 34-13 18,398 Sept. 6 SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA 6 p.m. Sept. 4 SOUTH CAROLINA [ESPN] (24/24) 7:30 p.m. Sept. 13 AUBURN [ESPN2] 6 p.m. Sept. 13 RICE 6 p.m. Sept. 20 at Georgia Tech TBA Sept. 20 at Ole Miss TBA Sept. 27 at LSU TBA Oct. 4 AUBURN TBA Oct. 11 VANDERBILT TBA Oct. 11 at Mississippi State TBA Oct. 18 at Tennessee TBA Oct. 18 at Georgia TBA Oct. 25 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (HC) TBA Oct. 25 DUKE 2 p.m. Nov. 1 KENTUCKY TBA Nov. 8 FLORIDA TBA Nov. 15 at Alabama TBA Nov. 15 at Kentucky TBA Nov. 22 ARKANSAS TBA Nov. 22 TENNESSEE TBA Nov. 28 at Ole Miss [RAYCOM] 11:30 a.m. Nov. 29 at Wake Forest TBA ALL TIMES CENTRAL ALL TIMES CENTRAL

Opponents’ AP & USA Today/ESPN Rankings in Parenthesis at Time Game Was Played HC - Homecoming / PPV - Pay per View / TD - Tape Delayed December 6 • SEC Football Championship Game • Atlanta • Georgia Dome • 4 p.m. ET • CBS Sports Times for Week’s SEC Games Listed Only After That Week’s TV Schedule is Announced 2008 SEC Football • Page 4 Week 2 2008 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE WEEK-BY-WEEK SCHEDULES AND RESULTS Thu., Aug. 28 Sat., Oct. 4 Fri., Nov. 28 South Carolina 34, N.C. State 0 (80,616 / ESPN) Kentucky at Alabama LSU at Arkansas (at Little Rock) (1:30 p.m. / CBS) Vanderbilt 34, Miami, Ohio 13 (18,398 / ESPNU) Florida at Arkansas Mississippi State at Ole Miss (11:30 a.m. CT / Auburn at Vanderbilt Raycom) Sat., Aug. 30 South Carolina at Ole Miss Alabama 34, Clemson 10 (70,097 at Atlanta / ABC) Northern Illinois at Tennessee (7 p.m. ET / PPV) Sat., Nov. 29 Arkansas 28, Western Illinois 24 (70,537) Auburn at Alabama Auburn 34, Louisiana-Monroe 0 (87,451) Sat., Oct. 11 Florida at Florida State Florida 56, Hawaii 10 (90,575 / Raycom) Arkansas at Auburn Georgia Tech at Georgia Georgia 45, Georgia Southern 21 (92,746) LSU at Florida Kentucky at Tennessee LSU 41, Appalachian State 13 (91,922 / ESPN Classic) Tennessee at Georgia South Carolina at Clemson Ole Miss 41, Memphis 24 (56,127) South Carolina at Kentucky Vanderbilt at Wake Forest La. Tech 22, Mississippi State 14 (25,224 / ESPN2) Vanderbilt at Mississippi State Sat., Dec. 6 Sun., Aug. 31 Sat., Oct. 18 SEC Championship Game (4 p.m. ET / CBS) Kentucky 27, Louisville 2 (42,696 / ESPN) Ole Miss at Alabama Arkansas at Kentucky * - denotes SEC game Mon., Sept. 1 Vanderbilt at Georgia UCLA 27, Tennessee 24 (68,546 / ESPN) LSU at South Carolina Mississippi State at Tennessee Thu., Sept. 4 South Carolina at Vanderbilt (7:30 p.m. CT / ESPN) Thu., Oct. 23 Auburn at West Virginia (6:30 p.m. CT / ESPN) Sat., Sept. 6 Tulane at Alabama (6:07 p.m. CT / PPV) Sat., Oct. 25 La.-Monroe at Arkansas (at Little Rock) (6 p.m. CT) Alabama at Tennessee Southern Miss at Auburn (11:30 a.m. CT / Raycom) Ole Miss at Arkansas Miami, Fla. at Florida (8 p.m. ET / ESPN) Kentucky at Florida Central Michigan at Georgia (3:30 p.m. ET / FSNS) Georgia at LSU Norfolk State at Kentucky (6 p.m. ET) Middle Tennessee at Mississippi State Troy at LSU (7 p.m. CT) Duke at Vanderbilt (2 p.m. CT) Ole Miss at Wake Forest (2:30 p.m. CT / ABC) Southeastern Louisiana at Mississippi State (6 p.m. Sat., Nov. 1 CT) Arkansas State at Alabama Tulsa at Arkansas (1 p.m. CT) Sat., Sept. 13 Auburn at Ole Miss Western Kentucky at Alabama (6:07 p.m. CT / PPV) Florida vs. Georgia (at Jacksonville, Fla.) Arkansas at Texas (2:30 p.m. CT / ABC) Kentucky at Mississippi State Auburn at Mississippi State (6 p.m. CT / ESPN2) Tulane at LSU (7 p.m. CT) Georgia at South Carolina (3:30 p.m. ET / CBS) Tennessee at South Carolina Middle Tennessee at Kentucky (7 p.m. ET) North Texas at LSU (7 p.m. CT) Sat., Nov. 8 Samford at Ole Miss (6 p.m. CT) Alabama at LSU UAB at Tennessee (12:30 p.m. ET / Raycom) Arkansas at South Carolina Rice at Vanderbilt (6 p.m. CT) Tennessee-Martin at Auburn (1:30 p.m. CT) Florida at Vanderbilt Sat., Sept. 20 Georgia at Kentucky Alabama at Arkansas Wyoming at Tennessee (1 p.m. / PPV) LSU at Auburn Florida at Tennessee Sat., Nov. 15 Georgia at Arizona State (8:13 p.m. ET / ABC) Mississippi State at Alabama Vanderbilt at Ole Miss Georgia at Auburn Mississippi State at Georgia Tech South Carolina at Florida Wofford at South Carolina Vanderbilt at Kentucky Louisiana-Monroe at Ole Miss Sat., Sept. 27 Alabama at Georgia Sat, Nov. 22 Tennessee at Auburn Arkansas at Mississippi State Ole Miss at Florida The Citadel at Florida Western Kentucky at Kentucky Ole Miss at LSU Mississippi State at LSU Tennessee at Vanderbilt UAB at South Carolina 2008 SEC Football • Page 5 Week 2 2008 SEC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK OFFENSIVE DEFENSIVE SPECIAL TEAMS CHRIS NICKSON MYRON PRYOR BRANDON JAMES Defensive Tackle /Running Back/ VANDERBILT KENTUCKY FLORIDA 6-1 • 210 • Senior 6-1 • 310 • Senior 5-7 • 186 • Junior Brundidge, Ala. (Pike County HS) Louisville, Ky. (Eastern HS) St. Augustine, Fla. (HS)

• Nickson rushed for a career-high 166 yards and two • Pryor figured in two defensive touchdowns in • James returned four punts for 95 yards, including one touchdowns and threw for 91 yards and another score Kentucky’s 27-2 victory at Louisville. for a 74-yard in Florida’s 56-10 win against in Vanderbilt’s 34-13 win at Miami (Ohio). Hawaii. • Pryor knocked loose a that Ashton Cobb • The rushing total ranks second all-time among returned 28 yards for a touchdown in the second quar- • James’ touchdown came midway through the second Vanderbilt , trailing only Van Heflin’s 167 ter that gave the Wildcats a 10-0 lead. quarter and gave the Gators a 21-0 lead. yard effort against Air Force in 1979. • In the fourth quarter, Pryor scooped up a fumble and • He also rushed for 16 yards on three carries, scoring returned it 72 yards for a touchdown. • His two rushing scores came in the first half as the on a one-yard run in the first quarter and caught a 10- Commodores built up a 27-10 halftime lead. • Pryor also made a key play in the second quarter on yard pass in the game. a 4th-and-1, combining with Micah Johnson for a stop • Nickson returned to the starting role at Vandy after a of no gain, turning the ball over on downs. • Serving as a gunner on special teams, he recorded an disappointing 2007 season when injuries forced him to unassisted tackle. the sidelines after the sixth game of the season. • He also had three tackles with one for a loss (-3).

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN DEFENSIVE LINEMAN FRESHMAN MIKE JOHNSON TERRENCE CODY BRANDON BOLDEN Guard / Tackle Noseguard Running Back ALABAMA ALABAMA OLE MISS 6-6 • 299 • Junior 6-5 • 365 • Junior 5-11 • 215 Pensacola, Fla. (Pine Forest HS) Ft. Meyers, Fla. (Mississippi Gulf Coast CC) Baton Rouge, La. (Scotlandville Magnet)

• Johnson started at left guard and moved to left tack- • Cody made his first career start against Clemson and • Bolden led Ole Miss with 76 yards rushing on eight le in the third quarter in Alabama’s 34-10 win against logged four tackles (two solos) and one tackle for a loss carries in the Rebels’ 41-24 win against Memphis. Clemson. in the 34-10 Tide victory. • He added a 10-yard touchdown run in the fourth quar- • The Tide offensive line did not allow a sack in the • Cody was part of a Crimson Tide defense that held ter giving the Rebels a 41-17 lead. game and Johnson did not allow any pressures. the Tigers to no rushing yards and 188 total offensive yards. • Bolden also threw a 37-yard halfback pass to quar- • The Tide offense had 419 total yards and 25 first terback Jevan Snead that helped set up a Rebel field downs while going 11-for-17 on third downs against the • The Tigers had just 48 total snaps and was 1-of-9 on goal in the second quarter. ninth-ranked Tigers. third downs. Clemson was held to four plays or less in five of nine offensive drives. • Alabama led in time of possession 41:13 to 18:47.

OTHER OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES IN WEEK 1 QB JOHN PARKER WILSON (Alabama) -- Completed 22-of-30 passes for 180 yards RB CHARLES SCOTT (LSU) -- Rushed for 160 yards on 16 carries and two touch- with 2 TDs and 0 INTs and also had a rushing score against Clemson. downs and had a 14-yard reception against Appalachian State.

WR GREG CHILDS (Arkansas) -- In his first collegiate game, caught six passes for 88 OT (Ole Miss) -- Helped the Rebels pile up 438 yards of total yards and a touchdown against Western Illinois. offense, including highest point production since 2003 against Memphis.

DB NEIKO THORPE (Auburn) -- Playing in his first collegiate game, led Auburn with RB (Mississippi State) -- Rushed for 91 yards on 18 carries seven tackles and two pass deflections against Louisiana-Monroe. against Louisiana Tech.

SAF (Florida) -- Registered five total tackles with two , TB MIKE DAVIS (South Carolina) -- Came off bench to rush for 101 yards on 14 car- returning one for a touchdown, against Hawaii. ries and a touchdown against N.C. State. Also caught two passes for 31 yards.

QB (Georgia) -- Completed 13-of-21 passes for career-high RB ARIAN FOSTER (Tennessee) -- Rushed for 96 yards on 13 carries and caught 275 yards with two touchdowns against Georgia Southern. four passes for 12 yards against UCLA.

WR/QB/PR RANDALL COBB (Kentucky) -- True freshman saw action at three posi- CB D.J. MOORE (Vanderbilt) -- Had five tackles with a sack and a forced fumble and tions against Louisville (3 receptions for 31 yards, 1 rush for two yards). returned a punt 91 yards for a score against Miami (Ohio). 2008 SEC Football • Page 7 Week 2 SEC MEDIA SERVICES NON-CONFERENCE RECORDS SCHOOL WEBSITES 2008 SEC NON-CONFERENCE RECORD [10-2 (.833)] ALABAMA - www. rolltide.com ARKANSAS - www.arkansasrazorbacks.com 2008------AUBURN - www.auburntigers.com & www.sportssystems.com/auburn (for Conference App. W-L Pct. 2007 credential requests) ACC 10 2-0 1.000 6-3 FLORIDA - www.gatorzone.com/media (User Name: press/Password: 4g8rpress) Alabama 34, Clemson 10; South Carolina 34, N.C. State 0; Miami (Fla.) at Florida; Ole Miss GEORGIA - www.georgiadogs.com ; www.georgiadogs.com/media at Wake Forest; Mississippi State at Georgia Tech; Duke at Vanderbilt; Florida at Florida State; Georgia Tech at Georgia; South Carolina at Clemson; Vanderbilt at Wake Forest. (media only - contact [email protected] for password) Big East 2 1-0 1.000 1-2 KENTUCKY - www.ukathletics.com Kentucky 27, Louisville 2; Auburn at West Virginia; LSU - www.lsusports.net/media (information); media.lsusports.net (photos) Big 12 1 0-0 .000 3-2 OLE MISS - www.olemisssports.com Arkansas at Texas; MISS. STATE - www.mstateathletics.com C-USA 7 1-0 1.000 7-0 SOUTH CAROLINA - www.gamecocksonline.com Ole Miss 41, Memphis 24; Tulane at Alabama; Southern Miss at Auburn; UAB at Tennessee; TENNESSEE - www.utsports.com Rice at Vanderbilt; UAB at South Carolina; Tulane at LSU; VANDERBILT - www.vucommodores.com MAC 3 1-0 1.000 3-0 Vanderbilt 34, Miami OH 13; Central Michigan at Georgia; Northern Illinois at Tennessee; SEC - www.secsports.com; www.secsportsmedia.com (media only) Mountain West 1 0-0 .000 0-0 Wyoming at Tennessee; SEC MEDIA RELATIONS STAFF Pac-10 2 0-1 .000 0-1 Charles Bloom, Associate Commissioner ([email protected]) UCLA 27, Tennessee 24; Georgia at Arizona State Football Media Responsibilities: Oversight / Championship Game Sun Belt 10 1-0 1.000 11-1 Chuck Dunlap, Associate Director ([email protected]) Auburn 34, UL-Monroe 0; Louisiana Monroe at Arkansas; Troy at LSU; Middle Tennessee at Football Media Responsibilities: Secondary Football Contact Kentucky; North Texas at LSU; Middle Tennessee at Mississippi State; Arkansas State at Tammy Wilson, Associate Director ([email protected]) Alabama; Louisiana Monroe at Ole Miss; Western Kentucky at Alabama; Western Kentucky at Kentucky. Ayanna Wakefield, Assistant Director ([email protected]) WAC 3 1-1 .500 4-0 Office Phone: (205) 458-3000 / Fax: (205) 458-3030 Florida 56, Hawaii 10; La. Tech 22, Miss. State 14; Tulsa at Arkansas; I-AA Schools 9 3-0 1.000 9-0 SEC FOOTBALL CONTACTS Arkansas 28, Western Illinois 24; Georgia 45, Ga. Southern 21; LSU 41, Appalachian State ALABAMA - Jeff Purinton LSU - Michael Bonnette 13; Norfolk State at Kentucky; Southeastern Louisiana at Mississippi State; Samford at Ole Miss; Wofford at South Carolina; Tennessee-Martin at Auburn; The Citadel at Florida; [email protected] [email protected] Phone: (205) 348-3631 Phone: (225) 578-8226 OVERALL NON-CONFERENCE RECORDS (Includes Bowl Games)

ARKANSAS - Kevin Trainor OLE MISS - Langston Rogers [email protected] [email protected] Conference W-L Pct. 2007 Phone: (479) 575-2751 Phone: (662) 915-7522 ACC 7-4 .636 35-21 Big East 4-4 .500 32-13 AUBURN - Kirk Sampson MISS. STATE - Mike Nemeth Big Ten 7-3 .700 38-14 [email protected] [email protected] Big 12 10-2 .833 41-15 Phone: (334) 844-9803 Phone: (662) 325-2703 Conference USA 5-2 .714 18-36 MAC 6-6 .500 17-44 FLORIDA - Steve McClain SOUTH CAROLINA - Steve Fink Mountain West 5-2 .714 24-17 [email protected] [email protected] Pac-10 5-1 .833 25-12 Phone: (352) 375-4683, ext. 6100 Phone: (803) 777-5204 SEC 10-2 .833 47-10 Sun Belt 1-5 .167 10-31 GEORGIA - Claude Felton TENNESSEE - Bud Ford Western Athletic 5-3 .625 18-23 [email protected] [email protected] SEC NON-CONFERENCE RECORD (Since 1992) Phone: (706) 542-1621 Phone: (865) 974-1212 Regular Season KENTUCKY - Tony Neely VANDERBILT - Larry Leathers Year App. W-L Pct. Bowls [email protected] [email protected] 1992 36 27-9 .750 5-1 Phone: (859) 257-3838 Phone: (615) 322-4121 1993 36 28-7-1 .792 2-2 1994 36 27-8-1 .764 3-2 SECSPORTSMEDIA.COM 1995 36 29-7 .806 2-4 Media covering the Southeastern Conference have its own website to get the lat- 1996 36 27-9 .750 5-0 est information on the league. The address for the official SEC media website is 1997 36 32-4 .889 5-1 www.secsportsmedia.com. Through the services of Sports Systems, Inc., the site 1998 36 27-9 .750 4-4 has the latest updated standings, results, schedules, statistics and notes and PDF ver- 1999 36 28-8 .778 4-4 sions of all SEC releases and media guides. On www.secsportsmedia.com, the SEC 2000 36 27-9 .750 4-5 has a Digital Image Platform that gives you access to the SEC’s latest photographs, 2001 36 29-7 .806 5-3 2002 49 37-12 .755 3-4 images and logos, and links to all of the SEC school media websites and home pages. 2003 46 31-15 .674 5-2 2004 36 25-11 .694 3-3 SEC OFFICE MEDIA RELATIONS SCHEDULE 2005 36 27-9 .750 3-3 Sundays -- Standings, Statistics, Schedule & Results and Conference Notes available 2006 48 41-7 .854 6-3 Mondays -- SEC Players of the Week selected and Team Notes available 2006 48 41-7 .854 6-3 Tuesdays -- Entire SEC Weekly Release, including Game Previews, available 2007 48 40-8 .825 7-2 Wednesdays -- Coaches Media Teleconference (10 - 11:30 a.m. CT) / Replays on 2008 12 10-2 .833 0-0 Combined www.secsports.com TOTALS 683 533-148-2 .782 66-43 (.606) 599-191-2 (.767) 2008 SEC Football • Page 8 Week 2

SEC IN THE THIS WEEK’S POLLS SATELLITE RADIO SCHEDULE The following games are scheduled to be on XM satellite Associated Press (Week 2) FWAA Grantland Rice Super 16 Poll radio for the weekend of Aug. 28-Sept. 1: (Pre-Season) No. Team Record Points South Carolina at Vanderbilt 199 (VU) / 1. Southern California (21) 1-0 1,539 No. Team Record Points 200 (USC) 2. GEORGIA (20) 1-0 1,506 1. Southern California [5] 11-2 232 Tulane at Alabama 199 3. Ohio State (15) 1-0 1,497 2. GEORGIA [5] 11-2 229 Louisiana Monroe at Arkansas 232 4. Oklahoma (2) 1-0 1,432 3. Ohio State [4] 11-2 219 Southern Miss at Auburn 199 5. FLORIDA (5) 1-0 1,415 4. Oklahoma 11-3 204 Miami, Fla. at Florida 201 6. Missouri (1) 1-0 1,301 5. FLORIDA [1] 9-4 197 Central Michigan at Georgia 200 7. LSU (1) 1-0 1,207 6. Missouri 12-2 164 Norfolk State at Kentucky 141 8. West Virginia 1-0 1,108 7. West Virginia 11-2 138 Troy at LSU 144 9. AUBURN 1-0 1,033 8. LSU 12-2 130 Ole Miss at Wake Forest 199 10. Texas 1-0 1,028 9. AUBURN [1] 9-4 116 SE Louisiana at Mississippi State 200 11. Wisconsin 1-0 849 10. Clemson 9-4 109 12. Texas Tech 1-0 842 11. Texas 10-3 70 13. ALABAMA 1-0 834 12. Wisconsin 9-4 52 XM Radio is an official corporate partner of the 14. Kansas 1-0 748 13. Kansas 12-1 51 Southeastern Conference and the exclusive satellite 15. Arizona State 1-0 672 14. Texas Tech 9-4 50 radio home of the SEC. 15. Brigham Young 1-0 672 15. Illinois 9-4 29 17. South Florida 1-0 588 16. Arizona State 10-3 28 18. Oregon 1-0 508 Brigham Young 11-2 28 19. Penn State 1-0 467 20. Wake Forest 1-0 414 Others (SEC Only): Tennessee. 21. Fresno State 1-0 242 22. Utah 1-0 214 Rankings 23. Ucla 1-0 151 (First poll released on Sunday, Oct. 12) 24. Illinois 0-1 147 24. SOUTH CAROLINA 1-0 147 No. Team Record Rating

Others (SEC Only): Tennessee (30), Kentucky (5). CONFERENCE RANKINGS (Week 2)

USA Today/ESPN Coaches’ Poll (Week 2) AP USA/ESPN FWAA BCS SEC 6 6 4 0 No. Team Record Points Big Ten 4 4 3 0 1. Southern California (23) 1-0 1462 Pac-10 4 3 2 0 2. GEORGIA (20) 1-0 1442 Big 12 5 5 5 0 3. Ohio State (10) 1-0 1385 Big East 2 2 1 0 4. Oklahoma (2) 1-0 1344 ACC 1 2 1 0 5. FLORIDA (3) 1-0 1295 MWC 2 2 1 0 6. LSU (3) 1-0 1202 WAC 1 1 0 0 7. Missouri 1-0 1197 8. West Virginia 1-0 1035 9. Texas 1-0 1030 SEC COMMUNITY SERVICE TEAM PLAYER OF THE WEEK 10. AUBURN 1-0 962 11. Wisconsin 1-0 853 Auburn junior Jerraud Powers Student-Athletes earn SEC Community Service 12. Kansas 1-0 820 will be featured this week as the SEC Community Team recognition for their community service and cam- 13. Texas Tech 1-0 732 Service Team Player of the Week on this weekend’s pus activities. 14. Arizona State 1-0 679 Raycom Sports telecast of the Southern Miss at Auburn The SEC sponsors 16 Community Service Teams 15. Brigham Young 1-0 629 contest. during the season, including one for each sport in the 16. Oregon 1-0 566 The senior from Decatur, Ala., has served as a fea- SEC, combining the indoor and outdoor track & field and 17. ALABAMA 1-0 538 tured speaker at the AU College of Education Truman cross country teams into one unit. 18. South Florida 1-0 480 Pierce Summer Institute, Creative Discovery Child The following SEC student-athletes have been 19. Penn State 1-0 450 Development Center Annual Tailgate Party and the honored thus far: 20. Wake Forest 1-0 388 Phenix City Intermediate School 5th grade visit to AU. Week 1 - Florida Football Team 21. Fresno State 1-0 269 He also visited with children at the Auburn 22. Clemson 0-1 186 Tailgate for Area Dentists hosted by Sprayberry 23. Utah 1-0 158 Orthodontics and the Willie Whitehead Foundation 24. SOUTH CAROLINA 1-0 134 Shopping Spree for underprivilged children at Wal-Mart. 25. Illinois 0-1 92 Each week during the SEC football season, Raycom Sports will highlight a representative of the Others (SEC Only): Tennessee (56), Kentucky 2008 SEC Football Good Works Team. (20). 2008 SEC Football • Page 9 Week 2

SEC COACHING RECORDS

COLLEGIATE ALL GAMES SEC vs. SEC# OVERALL RECORD AT SEC SCHOOLS GAMES ONLY Coach, Team W-L-T Pct. W-L-T Pct. W-L-T Pct. Nick Saban, Alabama 99-48-1 .672 56-22 .718 (T14) 34-16 (T20) .680 (11) Bobby Petrino, Arkansas 42-9 .824 1-0 1.000 0-0 .000 Tommy Tuberville, Auburn 106-53 .667 106-53 (T14) .667 (27) 62-44 (T8) .585 (T20) , Florida 71-16 .816 32-8 .800 18-7 .720 Mark Richt, Georgia 73-19 .793 73-19 (21) .793 (5) 42-17 (T16) .712 (7) Rich Brooks, Kentucky 117-144-4 .449 26-35 .426 11-29 .275 , LSU 63-27 .700 35-6 .854 20-6 .769 Houston Nutt, Ole Miss 112-70 .615 76-48 (19) .613 42-40 (T16) .512 Sylvester Croom, Mississippi State 17-31 .354 17-31 .354 8-24 .250 Steve Spurrier, South Carolina 164-56-2 .743 144-43-1 (8) .769 (6) 98-27 (T4) .784 (2) Phillip Fulmer, Tennessee 147-46 .762 147-46 (7) .762 (T9) 95-32 (6) .748 (5) Bobby Johnson, Vanderbilt 81-86 .485 21-50 .296 8-41 .163

W-L-T Ranking indicates number of wins; Pct. ranking indicates highest winning percentage (To be listed among career leaders, must have min. 5 years coaching) # - includes SEC Championship Game / ( ) - Current SEC Coaches’ Rankings among Career Leaders

STATE OF THE SEC

Georgia and LSU have the SEC’s best records during the last five and 10 seasons. Since 2003, LSU has posted the league’s best overall mark at 56-10 (.848). Since Record Last 10 Seasons (1998-2008) 1998, Georgia has had the league’s best record at 97-30 (.764). Below is a look at SEC AP how each SEC team has fared during the last five and ten seasons: W-L Pct. Bowls Champ Top 25 Georgia 98-30 .766 10 2 10 Record Last Five Seasons (2003-2008) Florida 94-34 .734 10 2 8 SEC AP Tennessee 93-35 .727 10 1 7 W-L Pct. Bowls Champ Top 25 LSU 90-37 .709 8 3 7 LSU 57-10 .851 5 2 5 Auburn 84-40 .677 8 1 6 Georgia 52-14 .788 5 1 5 Arkansas 77-48 .616 8 0 3 Auburn 51-14 .785 5 1 4 Alabama 71-54 .568 7 1 3 Florida 47-18 .723 5 1 4 Ole Miss 61-59 .508 5 0 3 Tennessee 44-21 .677 4 0 4 South Carolina 56-63 .471 4 0 2 Arkansas 37-26 .587 3 0 1 Miss. State 51-69 .425 4 0 2 South Carolina 33-28 .541 2 0 0 Kentucky 50-69 .420 4 0 0 Alabama 34-30 .531 4 0 1 Vanderbilt 33-82 .287 0 0 0 Kentucky 26-35 .426 2 0 0 Ole Miss 25-35 .417 1 0 1 Vanderbilt 19-40 .322 0 0 0 Miss. State 19-41 .317 1 0 0

STARTING QUARTERBACKS IN THE SEC (Includes Bowl Games)

IN WINS ------IN LOSSES ------School Quarterback(s) Record A-C-I Yards TD Pct. A-C-I Yards TD Pct. Alabama John Parker Wilson 14-13 423-258-8 3055 23 61.0 448-235-14 2678 14 52.5 Arkansas Casey Dick 13-10 251-155-7 1828 24 61.7 243-113-13 1310 8 46.5 Auburn Kodi Burns 2-0 14-5-0 73 1 357 N/A Florida 10-4 256-180-4 2674 26 70.3 108-63-2 749 7 58.3 Georgia Matthew Stafford 19-4 427-249-12 3380 24 58.3 138-64-7 768 3 46.4 Joe Cox 1-0 10-4-0 24 0 40.0 N/A Kentucky Mike Hartline 1-0 31-16-0 147 0 51.6 N/A LSU 1-0 14-7-0 77 1 50.0 N/A Ole Miss Jevan Snead 1-0 22-10-0 185 2 45.5 N/A Miss. State Wesley Carroll 6-4 115-60-3 556 3 52.2 144-77-7 965 7 53.5 South Carolina Chris Smelley 4-2 107-63-3 808 8 58.9 29-17-3 194 0 58.6 Tommy Beecher 1-0 22-12-4 106 0 54.5 N/A Tennessee Jonathan Crompton 0-2 N/A 75-35-2 363 2 46.7 Vanderbilt Chris Nickson 8-11 181-106-7 1453 15 58.6 245-125-11 1486 7 51.0 Mackenzi Adams 2-4 30-17-2 231 2 56.7 109-59-3 555 5 54.1 2008 SEC Football • Page 10 Week 2 SEC FOOTBALL VIDEO REPLAY THE OBJECTIVE A live video feed is sent directly to the replay booth. The Technician watches the feed To allow for specific types of officiating calls to be immediately reviewed during all on an input monitor while capturing/digitizing it into the DVSport Digital Replay games hosted by SEC teams. System. The Technician also marks the beginning of each play as well as any replays as they occur in real time. THE COACHES’ CHALLENGE A new rule expands the ability of a head coach to challenge a reviewable play on the Each play and subsequent replay then appears on a touch screen in front of the field. The head coach now retains a challenge if his initial challenge is successful and Communicator. As the Technician marks the incoming video, each view (by mark) will thus results in a reversal by the replay official. The coach will then have a single chal- appear as a small picture on the computer touch screen. At any time, the lenge that he may use anytime during the game if his team has not used all its time- Communicator can touch/click on a thumbnail and immediately send that play/replay to outs. Thus a team may have a total of two challenges in the game, but only if the first the Replay Official. results in a reversal of the on-field ruling. With the Communicator’s assistance, the Replay Official can quickly jump between THE SOURCE replays while playing back the video. All replay video navigation is done via a remote All reviewable video comes direct from either the television network broadcasting the device controlled by the Replay Official. All replays/video are viewed on an output mon- game (CBS Sports, ESPN, ESPN2, Raycom Sports) or other TV production facilities itor. The touch screen is only used to select the replays. that meet established conference standards. The Southeastern Conference has used instant replay since 2005. While most plays are reviewed between the whistle and the beginning of the next play, the Replay Official can stop play on the field by using a pager system. Five onfield offi- THE PLAYS cials wear pagers. If play is stopped the Referee announces on the stadium PA micro- Reviewable phone that play has been stopped so the previous play can be reviewed. The Referee 1. Plays governed by Sideline, Goal Line, End Zone, and End Line: then proceeds to the sideline headset, which provides direct communication to the a. Scoring Plays, including a runner breaking the plane of the goal line Replay Official in the booth. Once the play has been reviewed, the Replay Official noti- b. Pass complete/incomplete/intercepted at sideline, goal line and end line fies the Referee, who then announces the decision on the stadium PA system. c. Runner/receiver in or out of bounds d. Recovery of loose ball in and out of bounds THE EQUIPMENT 2. Passing Plays: Each SEC member institution uses the Digital Replay System developed by DVSport of a. Pass ruled complete/ incomplete/ intercepted in the field of play and end zones Pittsburgh, Pa. The replay systems are maintained by the home institution with tech- b. Touching of a forward pass by an ineligible receiver nical support from DVSport. c. Touching of a forward pass by a defensive player d. Quarterback (Passer) forward pass or fumble (if ruled incomplete, play is finalized) INSTANT REPLAY STATISTICS e. Illegal forward pass or illegal handing off beyond the line of scrimmage f. Illegal forward pass or illegal handing off after change of possession Games Using Play Plays Average Length g. Forward or backward pass thrown from behind the line of scrimmage SEC Replay Stoppages Overturned of Review 3. Other Detectable Infractions: 2005 77 66 17 1:53 a. Runner ruled not down. 2006 89 123 29 1:41 b. Runner ruled down (new in 2008 / when ball carrier is judged down by rule and 2007 87 139 38 1:36 the ball is fumbled, play may be reviewed if recovery of ball occurs in the 2008 8 10 1 1:17 immediate action following fumble and is prior to any official signaling ball is TOTALS 261 338 85 1:41 dead. Also reviewable when runner is ruled out of bounds near goal line.) c. Forward progress with respect to first down d. Touching of a kick 2008 INSTANT REPLAY STATISTICS e. Number of players on field f. Clock adjustments (in conjunction with overturned plays) Games Using Play Plays Average Length g. Fourth-down/try fumble plays SEC Replay Stoppages Overturned of Review h. Field Goal Attempts (new in 2008 / only when ball is ruled below or above the Week 1 8 10 1 1:17 crossbar, inside or outside the uprights when it is lower than the top of the TOTALS 8 10 1 1:17 uprights.)

Not Reviewable 1. Fighting participants 7. Face mask 2. Off-sides/Encroachment 8. Taunting 3. Pass interference 9. Illegal blocks 4. Roughing passer/kicker 10. Holding 5. Illegal formations 11. Personal fouls 6. Taunting/excessive celebrations

THE PROCESS Each SEC football stadium has a secured replay booth equipped with a DVSport Digital Replay System. Three individuals work in the booth for the duration of the game: 1. Replay Official, 2. Communicator, 3. Technician. The Replay Official is selected and assigned by the Conference Office. 2008 SEC Football • Page 11 Week 2 SEC ON TV THIS WEEK SEC BOWL AGREEMENTS The Southeastern Conference has agreements to send nine Below is a schedule of Southeastern Conference athletic events on television for the upcoming week. The of its member institutions to postseason bowl games following schedule includes live and taped events as well as weekly shows. For more information on the SEC’s televi- the 2008 season. The winner of the SEC Championship Game sion partners, log onto www.secsports.com. All times are Eastern. will automatically participate in the Bowl Championship Series comprised of the Sugar, Rose, Orange and Fiesta Bowls. (Thu.) Sept. 4 The Capital One (2nd), will then make its pick following the 6:30 p.m. SEC-TV SEC-TV Weekly (Live) BCS selections. The bowl must select the team with the next 8:30 p.m. ESPN South Carolina at Vanderbilt Football (Live) best overall record or a team that is within one win of the team with the next best overall record. (Sat.) Sept. 6 The Outback, Chick-fil-A and AT&T Cotton Bowls will work 12 p.m. RAYCOM SEC Football Today (Live) with the conference office to determine picks 3-5. The Cotton 12:30 p.m. RAYCOM Southern Mississippi at Auburn Football (Live) Bowl has the first preference of teams from the Western 3:30 p.m. FSNS Central Michigan at Georgia Football (Live) Division and the Outback Bowl has first preference of teams 3:30 p.m. ABC Ole Miss at Wake Forest Football (Live) from the Eastern Division. The Cotton or Outback Bowl can 8 p.m. ESPN Miami, Fla. at Florida Football (Live) select teams outside of its divisional preference, but must not select them before the opposite bowl selects from its division- (Thu.) Sept. 11 al preference. The Chick-fil-A Bowl has the selection of pref- 6:30 p.m. SEC-TV SEC-TV Weekly (Live) erence following the Cotton and Outback Bowls. In selections 6-7, the AutoZone Liberty and Gaylord Hotels (Sat.) Sept. 13 Music City Bowls will make their selections, not in any specif- 12 p.m. RAYCOM SEC Football Today (Live) ic order, but in consultation with the SEC Office. The Bowls will rank available qualified teams in order of preference. If 12:30 p.m. RAYCOM UAB at Tennessee Football (Live) there are no similarities in the order of selection, the bowls will 3:30 p.m. CBS Georgia at South Carolina Football (Live) be granted its selection. If the bowls rank the same teams in 3:30 p.m. ABC Arkansas at Texas Football (Live) preference, the team involved in the process would get its pref- 7 p.m. ESPN2 Auburn at Mississippi State Football (Live) erence of which bowl to participate. The PetroSun Independence Bowl will receive the eighth (Sat.) Sept. 20 selection and the Papajohns.com Bowl will have the ninth pick 12 p.m. RAYCOM SEC Football Today (Live) of available SEC teams. 12:30 p.m. RAYCOM SEC Football Game of the Week (Live) 3:30 p.m. CBS SEC Football TBA (Live) 2008 BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES SCHEDULE TBA ESPN/ESPN2 SEC Football TBA (Live) Following the 2008 regular season, the 8:13 p.m. ABC Georgia at Arizona State Football (Live) Bowl Championship Series will determine the National Championship. The BCS National Championship Game, which (Sun.) Sept. 21 will stand alone from the four traditional BCS bowls but will be 1 p.m. SEC-TV LSU at Florida Volleyball (Live) hosted by each of the bowls once during a four-year cycle. The BCS consists of the FedEx Orange, Allstate Sugar, CBS SPORTS - The 2008 season marks the 12th (search “GamePlan”), or by contacting their cable or Rose presented by Citi, Tostitos Fiesta Bowl and the Allstate year for CBS as the league’s national network televi- satellite Pay-Per-View provider. BCS National Championship Game. The conferences with auto- sion partner. CBS will televise up to 15 games per matic berths include the Atlantic Coast, Big East, Big Ten, Big year throughout the season. CBS will normally RAYCOM SPORTS (Formerly Jefferson- 12, Pac-10 and Southeastern Conferences. broadcast its SEC games in the late afternoon win- Pilot/Lincoln Financial Sports] will continue its FOX Sports will televise all of the Bowl Championship dow beginning at 3:30 p.m. ET. CBS provides exclu- highly successful SEC Football Game of the Week Series games, with the exception of the Rose Bowl, which will sive national network broadcasts of conference this season. The Charlotte, N.C. company, holds the be televised by ABC Sports. home games during the season. CBS will televise the rights to televise 13 games annually throughout the The Bowl Championship Series guarantees a matchup SEC Football Championship Game, which will be on nine-state SEC region on a syndicated basis. The between college football's top two teams in a true national Dec. 6 at 4 p.m. ET. The SEC and CBS announced a games will be broadcast in the early afternoon at championship game. 15-year extension agreement in August. 12:30 p.m. ET. At the conclusion of the 2008 regular season, the FedEx BCS National Championship Game will be hosted in Miami on ESPN/ESPN2, the SEC’s national cable provider, FOX Sports Net South (FSNS), FOX Sports Net Jan. 8 at 8 p.m. EST. The FedEx BCS National Championship may televise up to 18 regular season games each Southwest (FSNSW) and SUN Sports (SUN) Game will have the top two teams ranked in the BCS final reg- year, with a minimum of nine on ESPN through the together form SEC-TV, the league’s regional cable ular season standings. season. ESPN GamePlan offers fans extra college package. SEC-TV Weekly airs Thursday nights and The BCS uses regional consideration regarding team selec- football games and is available on television or online. Saturday mornings during the season, highlighting all tion. Specifically, as a member of the BCS, the Rose Bowl will Viewers can order ESPN GamePlan on ESPN.com of the SEC’s athletic teams and events. host the Big Ten and Pac-10 champions in those years in which either the Rose Bowl does not have the national championship game or the Big Ten and Pac-10 champion is not ranked No. 1 or No. 2. Other "regional consideration" tie-ins include the SEC champion in the Sugar Bowl, the ACC champion in the Orange Bowl and the Big 12 champion in the Fiesta Bowl. Other BCS games following the 2008 regular season include the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1 at 4:30 p.m. EST, FexEd Orange Bowl on Jan. 1 at 8:30 p.m. EST, Allstate Sugar Bowl on Jan. 2 at 8 p.m. EST, and the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 5 at 8 p.m. ET. 2008 SEC Football • Page 12 Week 2 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE TEAM NOTES ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE LSU TIGERS

12 first-time players made their debut for Alabama against LSU used seven first-time starters against Appalachian State, Clemson, including two true freshman starters - WR Julio Jones including five on defense ... Six true freshmen saw action against and LB Dont’a Hightower ... Including Jones and Hightower, 10 the Mountaineers .... RB Charles Scott had a career-high 160 true freshman have started season-openers at Alabama since rushing yards and the most by a Tiger since 2004 (250, Alley 1991 ... Junior PK Leigh Tiffin his on four of five field goals against the Tigers including a Broussard vs. Ole Miss) ... LSU has won 15 straight non-conference games dating back to career-long 54 yarder ... Senior QB John Parker Wilson set Alabama career marks for com- 2006 ... The Tigers have won 28 straight games in Tiger Stadium ... LSU scored 31 first- pletions (500) and attempts (882) against Clemson ... Senior TE Nick Walker had a career- half points against ASU, the most for the Tigers since 35 vs. Miss. State in 2006 ... QB best seven grabs for 67 yards and a TD ... Alabama held Clemson to 0 yards rushing and 188 Andrew Hatch was the starter in his first LSU game and was 7-of-14 for 77 yards and a total offensive yards. TD ... LSU scored on five of its first six posessions against ASU. OLE MISS REBELS

QB Casey Dick threw for 318 yards and two touchdowns to Ole Miss used five first-team starters against Memphis, including lead the Razorbacks in a come-from-behind win over Western QB Jevan Snead, RB Cordera Eason, C Daverin Geralds on Illinois ... Dick hit eight different recievers including true fresh- offense and DE Emmanuel Stephens and DT Lawon Scott on man WR Greg Childs six times for 88 yards and a touchdown ... defense ... Ole Miss’ 41 points were the most for the Rebels Sophomore WR DJ Williams had five grabs for 45 yards ... Redshirt freshman MLB Jerry since 2003 (43 vs. South Carolina) ... Junior RB Dexter McCluster had 125 all-purpose Franklin posted 11 total tackles (3 solos) to lead the Hog defense ... On Arkansas’ four scor- yards against Memphis (64 rushing, 61 receiving) ... Senior S led the team ing drives, the offense averaged 9.8 plays per drive ... More than half of Arkansas’ time of and equaled his career best of 13 total stops, including a career-high 11 solos ... Junior LB posession in the game (23:17) came in the fourth quarter (12:34) ... Arkansas was seven- Lamar Brumfield also posted a career-best nine total tackles ... After a punt on its first of-11 on third down conversions against the Leathernecks. posession, Ole Miss scored on six straight drives (4 TDs, 2 FGs). AUBURN TIGERS MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS

Auburn scored an offensive TD, defensive TD and special teams DB Keith Fitzhugh had two interceptions for the Bulldogs against TD for the first time in a single game since 2003 (vs. UL-Monroe) Louisiana Tech and also had four tackles ... RB Anthony Dixon led ... Auburn’s defense pitched its first shutout since 2006 all rushers with 91 yards on 18 carries ... The Bulldogs were vic- (Arkansas State) ... Auburn’s 321 yards rushing were the most timized with five turnovers, with three coming in the third quar- since 2005 (388, vs. Kentucky) ... Six players made their first career starts for Auburn: DL ter ... Senior LB led State with 12 total tackles ... QB Wesley Carroll com- Mike Blanc, RB John Douglas, DE Michael Goggans, OL Byron Isom, S Mike McNeil and WR pleted 12-of-25 passes for 172 yards with a TD and 3 INTs ... JUCO transfer QB Tyson Lee James Swinton ... Auburn’s defense scored a TD on its first play of the season (Goggans came off the bench and completed 10-of-15 passes for 85 yards ... State’s two touchdown returned fumble 9 yards for TD) ... Robert Dunn scored on a 66-yard punt return, the first drives averaged 10.5 plays and 89 yards. for the Tigers since 1996 (South Carolina). FLORIDA GATORS SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS

The Gators have scored 30-or-more points in eight games, tops South Carolina won its ninth-straight season opener and broke a in the nation ... Florida scored an offensive, defensive and special five-game losing streak in its win over N.C. State ... The teams TD against Hawaii - the first time for the Gators since Gamecocks posted their first shutout since 2006 (15-0, vs. Miss. 2007 (vs. Tennessee) ... Six running backs had carries for the State) ... Carolina scored 31 points in the second half, the most Gators and three scored, the most by an Urban Meyer-coached team in a season opener ... by USC in a half since 34 vs. Kentucky in 2005 ... The closest the Wolfpack got to the end- After giving up 72 yards in the first quarter, the Gators limited Hawaii to just 89 the rest of zone was the Carolina 32-yard line ... USC held State to just 49 passing yards, the best num- the game ... Two true freshmen started for Florida - PK handled kickoff duties ber during Steve Spurrier era ... Senior RB Mike Davis rushed for 101 yards on 14 carries and CB ... JUCO transfer WR Carl Moore was also a first-time starter ... including a career-long 50-yarder ... Senior WR Kenny McKinley has caught at least one pass Also making first-time starts - DB Ahmad Black, DE and DE Lawrence Marsh. in 34 straight games ... QB Tommy Beecher and RB Patrick DiMarco earned first-time starts. GEORGIA BULLDOGS TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS Georgia has won 12 straight season openers ... The Bulldogs are Senior TB Arian Foster moved into fourth place on UT’s career 31-2 against non-conference foes under Mark Richt including 21- all-purpose rushing yardage list with 108 against UCLA (current- 0 at Sanford Stadium ... Georgia used four first-time starters on ly has 3,252 yards) ... TE Brandon Warren was the only Vol to the offensive line with the lone exception being sophomore C make his first career start in the season opener ... On defense, Chris Davis, who started 13 games at left guard last year ... Freshman Blair Walsh hit a 52- the Vols totaled nine tackles for loss (-29 yards) and four interceptions ... Soph. WR Gerald yard field goal, the longest by a Bulldog frosh since 1996 (54, Hap Hines) ... Two true fresh- Jones tallied 160 all-purpose yards (11 rush, 40 receiving, 109 returns) against the Bruins men started for UGA - Walsh and OG Cordy Glenn ... 13 true freshmen have started season ... Junior QB Jonathan Crompton earned his second career start ... In UT’s game-tying 4th openers at Georgia since 1964 ... Senior DL Jeff Owens suffered a knee injury in the first quarter drive, he completed 2-of-3 passes for 27 yards, setting up a field goal. quarter and will miss the remainder of the season. KENTUCKY WILDCATS VANDERBILT COMMODORES

Kentucky has won 11 straight non-conference games ... Holding Ten Commodore players eacned their first career starts against Louisville to two points marked the first time UK held an opponent Miami with five on offense and five on defense ... QB Chris without an offensive score since a 25-0 shutout over Vanderbilt in Nickson rushed for two TDs and now has 13 in his career ... He 1996 ... Kentucky scored two defensive touchdowns in a game had a 59-yard rush against the Redhawks - the longest of his for the first time since 1986 ... The Wildcat defense forced five turnovers (3 INTs, 2 FRs) for career ... He finished the game with 166 yards rushing on 20 carries, the most by a ‘Dore the first time since 2006 vs. Ole Miss ... Senior DT Myron Pryor recorded three tackles, one since 2001 (173, Lew Thomas vs. Auburn) ... Nickson became only the 4th QB to rush for for a loss, caused a fumble that ended up in a defensive TD (Ashton Cobb 28 yard return) and more than 1,000 career yards ... Junior CB D.J. Moore had five tackles, a sack, forced fum- scooped up a fumble and returned it 72 yards for a TD.... C Jorge Gonzalez, OG Jess Beets ble, an and returned a punt 91-yards down to the UM one-yardline ... Junior and QB Mike Hartline made their first collegiate starts. Myron Lewis tied a career-high with eight tackles (vs. Wake Forest). 2008 SEC Football • Page 13 Week 2

2007-08 POST-SEASON BOWL SCHEDULE Bowl Game Date/Time (ET) Site Matchup Network Congressional Bowl Dec. 20 / 11 a.m. Washington, D.C. Army/Navy/At-Large vs. ACC ESPN New Mexico Dec. 20 / 2:30 p.m. Albuquerque, N.M. Mountain West vs. WAC ESPN St. Petersburg Bowl Dec. 20 / 6:30 p.m. St. Petersburg, Fla. Big East vs. C-USA ESPN2 Pioneer Las Vegas Dec. 20 / 8 p.m. Las Vegas, Nev. Mountain West vs. Pac-10 ESPN R&L Carriers New Orleans Dec. 21 / 8 p.m. New Orleans, La. Sun Belt vs. C-USA ESPN San Diego Co. Credit Union Poinsettia Dec. 23 / 8 p.m. San Diego, Calif. Mountain West vs. Pac-10 ESPN Sheraton Hawaii Dec. 24 / 8 p.m. Honolulu, Hawaii WAC vs. Pac-10 ESPN Motor City Dec. 26 / 7:30 p.m. Detroit, Mich. Big Ten vs. MAC ESPN Meineke Car Care Dec. 27 / 1 p.m. Charlotte, N.C. ACC vs. Big East ESPN Champs Sports Dec. 27 / 4:30 p.m. Orlando, Fla. ACC vs. Big Ten ESPN Emerald Dec. 27 / 8 p.m. San Francisco, Calif. ACC vs. Pac-10 ESPN PetroSun Independence Dec. 28 / 8 p.m. Shreveport, La. Big 12 vs. SEC ESPN Papajohn’s.com Dec. 29 / 3 p.m. Birmingham, Ala. Big East vs. SEC ESPN Valero Alamo Dec. 29 / 8 p.m. San Antonio, Texas Big Ten vs. Big 12 ESPN Roady’s Humanitarian Dec. 30 / 4:30 p.m. Boise, Idaho ACC vs. WAC ESPN Pacific Life Holiday Dec. 30 / 8 p.m. San Diego, Calif. Big 12 vs. Pac-10 ESPN Texas Dec. 30 / 8 p.m. Houston, Texas Big 12 vs. C-USA NFL Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Dec. 31 / 12 p.m. Fort Worth, Texas Mountain West vs. C-USA ESPN Brut Sun Dec. 31 / 2 p.m. El Paso, Texas Big 12/Big East/Notre Dame vs. Pac-10 CBS Gaylord Hotels Music City Dec. 31 / 3:30 p.m. Nashville, Tenn. ACC vs. SEC ESPN Insight Dec. 31 / 6 p.m. Tempe, Ariz. Big Ten vs. Big 12 NFL Chick-fil-A Dec. 31 / 7:30 p.m. Atlanta, Ga. ACC vs. SEC ESPN Outback Jan. 1 / 11 a.m. Tampa, Fla. Big Ten vs. SEC ESPN Konica Minolta Gator Jan. 1 / 1 p.m. Jacksonville, Fla. ACC vs. Big 12/Big East/Notre Dame CBS Capital One Jan. 1 / 1 p.m. Orlando, Fla. Big Ten vs. SEC ABC Rose presented by Citi Jan. 1 / 5 p.m. Pasadena, Calif. *BCS vs. BCS ABC FedEx Orange Jan. 1 / 8 p.m. Miami, Fla. *BCS vs. BCS FOX AT&T Cotton Jan. 2 / 2 p.m. Dallas, Texas Big 12 vs. SEC FOX AutoZone Liberty Jan. 2 / 5 p.m. Memphis, Tenn. C-USA vs. SEC ESPN Allstate Sugar Jan. 2 / 8 p.m. New Orleans, La. *BCS vs. BCS FOX International Jan. 3 / 12 p.m. Toronto, Canada Big East vs. MAC ESPN2 Tostitos Fiesta Jan. 5 / 8 p.m. Phoenix, Ariz. *BCS vs. BCS FOX GMAC Jan. 6 / 8 p.m. Mobile, Ala. C-USA vs. MAC/WAC ESPN FedEx BCS National Championship Jan. 8 / 8 p.m. Miami, Fla. *BCS #1 vs. BCS #2 FOX All Times Eastern and Subject to Change SEC ON PRE-SEASON WATCH LISTS LOU GROZA AWARD LOMBARDI AWARD BEDNARIK AWARD Herman Johnson, OG, LSU (Nation’s top kicker) (Nation’s top lineman/) (Nation’s top defensive player) Jonathan Luigs, C, Arkansas , LSU Greg Hardy, DL, Ole Miss , DL, Georgia Sen’Derrick Marks, DT, Auburn Daniel Lincoln, Tennessee Herman Johnson, OL, LSU , DB, Kentucky Josh McNeil, C, Tennessee Ryan Succop, South Carolina Jonathan Luigs, C, Arkansas , LB, LSU Michael Oher, OT, Ole Miss Leigh Tiffin, Alabama Eric Norwood, DE, South Carolina Eric Berry, DB, Tennessee Jeff Owens, DT, Georgia Michael Oher, OT, Ole Miss , LB, South Carolina Anthony Parker, OG, Tennessee WALTER CAMP PLAYER OF THE YEAR Anthony Parker, OL, Tennessee Rico McCoy, LB, Tennessee Andre Smith, OT, Alabama (Nation’s top player) Andre Smith, OL, Alabama Antonio Coleman, DE, Auburn Jim Tartt, OG, Florida , WR, Florida , LB, Florida Jeff Owens, DL, Georgia Garry Williams, OT, Kentucky Sen’Derrick Marks, DT, Auburn Derek Pegues, DB, Mississippi State , RB, Georgia MAXWELL AWARD , DL, Ole Miss JIM THORPE AWARD Tim Tebow, QB, Florida (Nation’s top player) Antwain Robinson, DE, Arkansas (Nation’s top defensive Back) , WR, LSU Greg Hardy, DE, Ole Miss , Georgia Kenny McKinley, WR, South Carolina Brandon Spikes, LB, Florida Eric Berry, Tennessee (Nation’s top center) Emmanuel Moody, RB, Florida Ricky Jean-Francois, DL, LSU , South Carolina Jason Bosley, Auburn Knowshon Moreno, RB, Georgia , DE, LSU Rashad Johnson, Alabama Antoine Caldwell, Alabama Jonathan Crompton, QB, Tennessee Trevard Lindley, Kentucky Brett Helms, LSU Arian Foster, RB, Tennessee OUTLAND TROPHY D.J. Moore, Vanderbilt Jonathan Luigs, Arkansas Matthew Stafford, QB, Georgia (Nation’s top interior lineman) , South Carolina Josh McNeil, Tennessee , RB, Auburn Geno Atkins, DL, Georgia Derek Pegues, Mississippi State Tim Tebow, QB, Florida , OT, LSU DAVEY O’BRIEN AWARD Percy Harvin, WR, Florida Antoine Caldwell, C, Alabama (Nation’s top quarterback) , RB, LSU Brett Helms, C, LSU Matthew Stafford, Georgia John Parker Wilson, QB, Alabama Ricky Jean-Francois, DT, LSU Tim Tebow, Florida John Jerry, OT, Ole Miss John Parker Wilson, Alabama Peria Jerry, DT, Ole Miss 2008 SEC Football • Page 14 Week 2 SEC CAREER STATISTICAL LEADERS Total Offensive Yards Gained 8. 791— Andre’ Woodson, Kentucky (1,278 atts., 9,360 yards) ...... 2004-07 1. 11,350—, Florida (137 rushing, 11,213 passing) ...... 2003-06 9. 775— Casey Clausen, Tennessee (1,270 atts., 9,707 yards)...... 2000-03 2. 11,270—David Greene, Georgia (-258 rushing, 11,528 passing)...... 2001-04 10. 727— Steve Taneyhill, South Carolina (1,209 atts., 8,555 yards) ...... 1992-95 3. 11,020—, Tennessee (-181 rushing, 11,201 passing)...... 1994-97 Highest Active Player 4. 10,841—Eric Zeier, Georgia (-312 rushing, 11,153 passing)...... 1991-94 500—John Parker Wilson, Alabama (883 atts., 5,831 yards)...... 2005- 5. 10,637—Jared Lorenzen, Kentucky (279 rushing, 10,354 passing) ...... 2000-03 342—Matthew Stafford, Georgia (625 atts., 4,547 yards) ...... 2006- 6. 10,500—Danny Wuerffel, Florida (-375 rushing, 10,875 passing)...... 1993-96 293—Casey Dick, Arkansas (534 atts., 3,588 yards) ...... 2005- 7. 9,989—, Ole Miss (-130 rushing, 10,119 passing)...... 2000-03 8. 9,953—Jay Cutler, Vanderbilt (1,256 rushing, 8,697 passing) ...... 2002-05 Passing Yards 9. 9,577—Casey Clausen, Tennessee (-130 rushing, 9,707 passing) ...... 2000-03 1. 11,528—David Greene, Georgia (849 of 1,440) ...... 2001-04 10. 9,241—Shane Matthews, Florida (-46 rushing, 9,287 passing) ...... 1989-92 2. 11,213—Chris Leak, Florida (895 of 1,458)...... 2003-06 Highest Active Player 3. 11,201—Peyton Manning, Tennessee (863 of 1,381) ...... 1994-97 6,031—John Parker Wilson, Alabama (200 rushing, 5,831 passing)...... 2005- 4. 11,153—Eric Zeier, Georgia (838 of 1,402) ...... 1991-94 5,182—Tim Tebow, Florida (1,401 rushing, 3,781 passing) ...... 2006- 5. 10,875—Danny Wuerffel, Florida (708 of 1,170) ...... 1993-96 4,720—Matthew Stafford, Georgia (173 rushing, 4,457 passing)...... 2006- 6. 10,354—Jared Lorenzen, Kentucky (862 of 1,514)...... 2000-03 7. 10,119—Eli Manning, Ole Miss (829 of 1,363) ...... 2000-03 Touchdown Responsibility 8. 9,707—Casey Clausen, Tennessee (774 of 1,269)...... 2000-03 1. 122— Danny Wuerffel, Florida (8 rushing, 114 passing)...... 1993-96 9. 9,360—Andre’ Woodson, Kentucky (791 of 1,278)...... 2004-07 2. 118— Eli Manning, Ole Miss (8 rushing, 110 passing)...... 2000-03 10. 9,287—Shane Matthews, Florida (722 of 1,202)...... 1989-92 3. 101— Peyton Manning, Tennessee (12 rushing, 89 passing)...... 1994-97 Highest Active Player 101— Chris Leak, Florida (13 rushing, 88 passing)...... 2003-06 5,831—John Parker Wilson, Alabama (500 of 883)...... 2005- 5. 90— Jared Lorenzen, Kentucky (12 rushing, 78 passing) ...... 2000-03 4,547—Matthew Stafford, Georgia (342 of 625)...... 2006- 6. 83— Rex Grossman, Florida (6 rushing, 77 passing)...... 2000-02 3,781—Tim Tebow, Florida (265 of 397)...... 2006- 7. 82— Shane Matthews, Florida (7 rushing, 74 passing, 1 receiving)...... 1989-92 82— Andre’ Woodson, Kentucky (3 rushing, 79 passing)...... 2004-07 Touchdown Passes 9. 81— Casey Clausen, Tennessee (6 rushing, 75 passing) ...... 2000-03 1. 114— Danny Wuerffel, Florida ...... 1993-96 10. 78— , Kentucky (4 rushing, 74 passing) ...... 1996-98 2. 89— Peyton Manning, Tennessee ...... 1994-97 Highest Active Player 3. 88— Chris Leak, Florida...... 2003-06 69—Tim Tebow, Florida (31 rushing, 38 passing)...... 2006- 4. 81— Eli Manning, Ole Miss ...... 2000-03 46—John Parker Wilson, Alabama (7 rushing, 39 passing) ...... 2005- 5. 79— Andre’ Woodson, Kentucky...... 2004-07 38—Casey Dick, Arkansas (2 rushing, 36 passing)...... 2005- 6. 78— Jared Lorenzen, Kentucky...... 2000-03 7. 77— Rex Grossman, Florida...... 2000-02 Rushing Yards Gained 8. 75— Casey Clausen, Tennessee...... 2000-03 1. *5,259—, Georgia (33 games)...... 1980-82 9. 74— Shane Matthews, Florida...... 1989-92 2. 4,589—Darren McFadden, Arkansas (38 games)...... 2005-07 74— Tim Couch, Kentucky...... 1996-98 3. 4,557—Kevin Faulk, LSU (41 games) ...... 1995-98 Highest Active Player 4. 4,303—Bo Jackson, Auburn (38 games) ...... 1982-85 39—John Parker Wilson, Alabama...... 2005- 5. 4,163—Errict Rhett, Florida (48 games)...... 1990-93 38—Tim Tebow, Florida...... 2006- 6. 4,050—Dalton Hilliard, LSU (44 games) ...... 1982-85 36—Casey Dick, Arkansas ...... 2005- 7. 4,035—Charles Alexander, LSU (44 games) ...... 1975-78 8. 3,928—, Florida (31 games)...... 1987-89 Receptions 9. 3,835—Sonny Collins, Kentucky (41 games) ...... 1972-75 1. 236— Earl Bennett, Vanderbilt (2,852 yards)...... 2005-07 10. 3,831—Carnell Williams, Auburn (42 games)...... 2001-04 2. 208— Craig Yeast, Kentucky (2,899 yards) ...... 1995-98 Highest Active Player 3. 204— Terrence Edwards, Georgia (3,093 yards)...... 1999-2002 2,490—Arian Foster, Tennessee (37 games) ...... 2005- 4. 200— Keith Edwards, Vanderbilt (1,757 yards)...... 80,82-84 1,825—Anthony Dixon, Mississippi State (26 games) ...... 2006- 5. 198— Chris Collins, Ole Miss (2,621 yards) ...... 2000-03 1,401—Tim Tebow, Florida (28 games)...... 2006- 6. 197— Derek Abney, Kentucky (2,339 yards) ...... 2000-03 7. 194— Anthony White, Kentucky (1,519 yards) ...... 1996-99 All-Purpose Rushing Yards 194— DJ Hall, Alabama (2,923 yards)...... 2004-07 1. 6,833—Kevin Faulk, LSU (4,557 rush, 600 rec., 832 PR, 844 KOR)...... 1995-98 9. 189— Keenan Burton, Kentucky (2,376 yards) ...... 2003-07 2. 5,856—Derek Abney, Kentucky (160 rush, 2,339 rec., 1,042 PR, 2,315 KOR)2000-03 10. 188— Boo Mitchell, Vanderbilt (2,964 yards)...... 1985-88 3. 5,831—Darren McFadden, Arkansas (4,589 rush, 365 rec.,877 KOR)...... 2005-07 Highest Active Player 4. 5,749—Herschel Walker, Georgia (5,249 rush, 243 rec., 247 KOR) ...... 1980-82 159—Kenny McKinley, South Carolina (2,176 yards) ...... 2005- 5. 5,743—Domanick Davis, LSU (2056 rush, 393 rec., 1126 PR, 2168 KOR).1999-2002 110—Dicky Lyons, Jr., Kentucky (1,513 yards) ...... 2004- 6. 5,596—James Brooks, Auburn (3,523 rush, 347 rec., 1,726 KOR)...... 1977-80 93—Percy Harvin, Florida (1,285 yards)...... 2006- 7. 5,393—Errict Rhett, Florida (4,163 rush, 1,230 rec.)...... 1990-93 8. 5,343—Rafael Little, Kentucky (2996 rush, 1324 rec., 854 PR, 169 KOR).....2004-07 Reception Yardage 9. 5,326—Dalton Hilliard, LSU (4,050 rush, 1,133 rec., 143 KOR)...... 1982-85 1. 3,093—Terrence Edwards, Georgia (204 catches) ...... 1999-2002 10. 5,084—Carnell Williams, Auburn (3,831 rush, 342 rec., 302 PR, 609 KOR)....2001-04 2. 3,001—Josh Reed, LSU (167 catches)...... 1999-2001 Highest Active Player 3. 2,964—Boo Mitchell, Vanderbilt (188 catches) ...... 1985-88 3,252—Arian Foster, Tennessee (2,490 rush, 588 rec., 174 KOR)...... 2005- 4. 2,923—DJ Hall, Alabama (194 catches)...... 2004-07 2,628—Derek Pegues, Miss. State (1,790 KOR, 620 PR, 218 IR)...... 2005- 5. 2,899—Craig Yeast, Kentucky (208 catches)...... 1995-98 2,477—Percy Harvin, Florida (1,192 rush, 1,285 rec.) ...... 2006- 6. 2,884—Fred Gibson, Georgia (161 catches) ...... 2001-04 7. 2,880—Dan Stricker, Vanderbilt (182 catches) ...... 1999-2002 Pass Completions 8. 2,879—Anthony Lucas, Arkansas (137 catches)...... 1995-99 1. 895— Chris Leak, Florida (1,458 atts., 11,213 yards) ...... 2003-06 9. 2,852—Earl Bennett, Vanderbilt (236 catches)...... 2005-07 2. 863— Peyton Manning, Tennessee (1,402 atts., 11,201 yards)...... 1994-97 10. 2,814—Joey Kent, Tennessee (183 catches) ...... 1993-96 3. 862— Jared Lorenzen, Kentucky (1,514 atts., 10,354 yards)...... 2000-03 Highest Active Player 4. 849— David Greene, Georgia (1,440 atts., 11,528 yards)...... 2001-04 2,176—Kenny McKinley, South Carolina (159 catches)...... 2005- 5. 838— Eric Zeier, Georgia (1,402 atts., 11,153 yards) ...... 1991-94 1,513—Dicky Lyons, Jr., Kentucky (110 catches)...... 2004- 6. 829— Eli Manning, Ole Miss (1,363 atts., 10,119 yards)...... 2000-03 1,285—Percy Harvin, Florida (93 catches) ...... 2006- 7. 795— Tim Couch, Kentucky (1,184 atts., 8,435 yards)...... 1996-98 2008 SEC Football • Page 15 Week 2 SEC CAREER STATISTICAL LEADERS Touchdown Receptions 4. 161— John Becksvoort, Tennesee (161 atts.) ...... 1991-94 1. 31— Chris Doering, Florida (40 games) ...... 1992-95 5. 160— Bart Edmiston, Florida (164 atts.)...... 1992-96 2. 30— Terrence Edwards, Georgia (45 games) ...... 1999-2002 6. 158— Colt David, LSU (160 atts.) ...... 2005- 3. 29— Ike Hilliard, Florida (32 games)...... 1994-96 7. 148— Billy Bennett, Georgia (151 atts.) ...... 2000-03 29— Terry Beasley, Auburn (30 games)...... 1969-71 148— James Wilhoit, Tennessee (151 atts.)...... 2003-06 29— Jack Jackson, Florida (38 games)...... 1992-94 9. 135— Van Tiffin, Alabama (135 atts.) ...... 1983-86 6. 28— Craig Yeast, Kentucky (43 games)...... 1995-98 10. 133— Bill Davis, Alabama (143 atts.) ...... 1971-73 7. 27— Jabar Gaffney, Florida (23 games)...... 2000-2001 133— Alex Walls, Tennessee (137 atts.) ...... 1999-2002 27— Marcus Monk, Arkansas (40 games)...... 2004-07 Highest Active Player 9. 26— Reidel Anthony, Florida (33 games)...... 1994-96 91—Bryant Hahnfeldt, Vanderbilt (95 atts.) ...... 2005- 10. 25— Joey Kent, Tennessee (44 games) ...... 1993-96 87—Lones Seiber, Kentucky (91 atts.) ...... 2006- 25— Dwayne Bowe, LSU (42 games)...... 2003-06 25— Keenan Burton, Kentucky (55 games)...... 2003-07 Total Points Scored by Kicking Highest Active Player 1. 409— Billy Bennett, Georgia (87 FGs, 148 PATs)...... 2000-03 16—Dicky Lyons, Jr., Kentucky (35 games) ...... 2004- 2. 371— Jeff Hall, Tennessee (61 FGs, 188 PATs)...... 1995-98 15—Kenny McKinley, South Carolina (38 games)...... 2005- 3. 368— Jeff Chandler, Florida (67 FGs, 167 PATs) ...... 1997-2001 9—Rodgerigus Smith, Auburn (33 games)...... 2005- 4. 353— Kevin Butler, Georgia (77 FGs, 122 PATs)...... 1981-84 5. 339— Philip Doyle, Alabama (78 FGs, 105 PATs) ...... 1987-90 Points Scored 6. 326— Michael Proctor, Alabama (65 FGs, 131 PATs)...... 1992-95 1. 409— Billy Bennett, Georgia (148 PAT, 87 FGs, 50 games) ...... 2000-03 7. 325— James Wilhoit, Tennessee (148 PAT, 59 FG, 50 games)...... 2003-06 2. 371— Jeff Hall, Tennessee (188 PAT, 61 FGs, 46 games) ...... 1995-98 8. 317— John Becksvoort, Tennessee (52 FGs, 161 PATs) ...... 1991-94 3. 368— Jeff Chandler, Florida (67 FGs, 167 PATs, 46 games)...... 1997-2001 9. 314— Fuad Reveiz, Tennessee (71 FGs, 101 PATs)...... 1981-84 4. 353— Kevin Butler, Georgia (122 PAT, 77 FGs, 44 games) ...... 1981-84 10. 312— Van Tiffin, Alabama (59 FGs, 135 PATs)...... 1983-86 5. 345— Philip Doyle, Alabama (105 PAT, 78 FGs, 1 TD, 43 games)...... 1987-90 312— John Vaughn, Auburn (162 PAT, 50 FG, 48 games)...... 2003-06 6. 326— Michael Proctor, Alabama (131 PAT, 65 FGs, 47 games) ...... 1992-95 Highest Active Player 7. 325— James Wilhoit, Tennessee (148 PAT, 59 FG, 50 games)...... 2003-06 278—Colt David, LSU (158 PATs, 38 FGs, 40 games ) ...... 2005- 8. 318— Kevin Faulk, LSU (53 TDs, 41 games)...... 1995-98 196—Bryant Hahnfeldt, Vanderbilt (91 PATs, 35 FGs, 36 games)...... 2005- 9. 317— John Becksvoort, Tennessee (161 PAT, 52 FGs, 41 games)...... 1991-94 174—Lones Seiber, Kentucky (87 PATs, 29 FGs, 25 games)...... 2006- 10. 314— Herschel Walker, Georgia (52 TDS, 1 two-point, 33 games)...... 1980-82 314— Fuad Reveiz, Tennessee (101 PAT, 71 FGs, 44 games) ...... 1981-84 Punt Return Yards Highest Active Player 1. *1,695—Lee Nalley, Vanderbilt (109 returns)...... 1947-49 278—Colt David, LSU (158 PATs, 38 FGs, 40 games) ...... 2005- 2. 1,332—Tony James, Miss. State (121 returns)...... 1989-92 196—Bryant Hahnfeldt, Vanderbilt (91 PATs, 35 FGs, 36 games)...... 2005- 3. 1,253—Damien Gary, Georgia (114 returns)...... 2000-03 192—Tim Tebow, Florida (32 TDs, 28 games) ...... 2006- 4. 1,170—Thomas Bailey, Auburn (125 returns)...... 1991-94 5. 1,163—Bobby Majors, Tennessee (117 returns)...... 1969-71 Most Touchdowns Scored 6. 1,142—Junie Hovious, Ole Miss (84 returns) ...... 1938-41 1. 53— Kevin Faulk, LSU (41 games) ...... 1995-98 7. 1,126—Domanick Davis, LSU (94 returns) ...... 1999-2002 2. 52— Herschel Walker, Georgia (33 games)...... 1980-82 8. 1,119—Harry Gilmer, Alabama (83 returns) ...... 1944-47 3. 50— Dalton Hilliard, LSU (44 games) ...... 1982-85 1,119—Greg Richardson, Alabama (125 returns)...... 1983-86 4, 50— Shaun Alexander, Alabama (41 games) ...... 1996-99 10. 1,077—Scott Woerner, Georgia (88 returns) ...... 1977-80 5. 46— Carnell Williams, Auburn (42 games)...... 2001-04 Highest Active Player 6. 45— Bo Jackson, Auburn (38 games) ...... 1982-85 712—Brandon James, Florida (51 returns) ...... 2006- 7. 44— Darren McFadden, Arkansas (38 games)...... 2005-07 620—Derek Pegues, Miss. State (53 returns)...... 2005- 8. 42— Charles Alexander, LSU (44 games) ...... 1975-78 609—Javier Arenas, Alabama (52 returns)...... 2006- 9. 41— Deuce McAllister, Ole Miss (43 games)...... 1997-2000 10. 40— Bobby Humphrey, Alabama (35 games)...... 1985-88 Kickoff Return Yards Highest Active Player 1. 2,315—Derek Abney, Kentucky (95 returns)...... 2000-03 32—Tim Tebow, Florida (28 games)...... 2006- 2. 2,263—Mark Johnson, Vanderbilt (107 returns) ...... 1986-88, 90 23—Anthony Dixon, Mississippi State (26 games)...... 2006- 3. 2,168—Domanick Davis, LSU (95 returns) ...... 1999-2002 22—Arian Foster, Tennessee (37 games) ...... 2005- 4. 2,004—Tony Jackson, Vanderbilt (85 returns) ...... 1989-93 5. 1,862—Tony James, Miss. State (78 returns)...... 1989-92 Field Goals Made 6. 1,854—Willie Gault, Tennessee (78 returns) ...... 1979-82 1. 87— Billy Bennett, Georgia (110 atts.) ...... 2000-03 7. 1,790—Derek Pegues, Miss. State (81 returns)...... 2005- 2. 78— Philip Doyle, Alabama (105 atts.)...... 1987-90 8. 1,788—Leonard Scott, Tennessee (77 returns) ...... 1999-2002 3. 77— Kevin Butler, Georgia (98 atts.) ...... 1981-84 9. 1,780—Robert Dow, LSU (70 returns) ...... 1973-76 4. 71— Fuad Reveiz, Tennessee (95 atts.) ...... 1981-84 10. 1,726—James Brooks, Auburn (68 returns) ...... 1977-80 5. 67— Jeff Chandler, Florida (80 atts.)...... 1997-2001 Highest Active Player 6. 65— Michael Proctor, Alabama (91 atts.) ...... 1992-95 1,224—Brandon James, Florida (51 returns) ...... 2006- 7. 61— Kanon Parkman, Georgia (85 atts.)...... 1991-95 1,110—Asher Allen, Georgia (47 returns)...... 2006- 61— David Browndyke, LSU (75 atts.)...... 1986-89 61— Jeff Hall, Tennessee (89 atts.) ...... 1995-98 10. 59— Van Tiffin, Alabama (88 atts.) ...... 1983-86 59— James Wilhoit, Tennessee (82 atts.)...... 2003-06 Highest Active Player 38—Colt David, LSU (51 atts.)...... 2005- 37—Leigh Tiffin, Alabama (52 atts.) ...... 2006- 35—Bryant Hahnfeldt, Vanderbilt (56 atts.) ...... 2005-

PAT Kicks Made 1. 188— Jeff Hall, Tennessee (194 atts.) ...... 1995-98 2. 167— Jeff Chandler, Florida (180 atts.) ...... 1997-2001 3. 162— John Vaughn, Auburn (163 atts.)...... 2003-06 2008 SEC Football • Page 16 Week 2 SEC CAREER STATISTICAL LEADERS COACHSPEAK ... Total Kick Return Yardage (Punt + Kickoff) FLORIDA’S URBAN MEYER ... 1. 3,357—Derek Abney, Kentucky (88/1,042 PR, 95/2,315 KOR)...... 2000-03 2. 3,294—Domanick Davis, LSU (94/1126 PR, 95/2168 KOR)...... 1999-2002 (on SEC coaches meeting in May) “I looked around that room, understand I count- 3. 3,194—Tony James, Miss. State (121/1,332 PR, 78/1,862 KOR) ...... 1989-92 ed right off the top of my head nine programs that they think they’re going to win 4. 2,690—Thomas Bailey, Auburn (125/1,170 PR, 74/1,520 KOR) ...... 1991-94 5. 2,513—Willie Gault, Tennessee (78/659 PR, 78/1,854 KOR) ...... 1979-82 the conference championship right now. There’s others that could do very well 6. 2,410—Derek Pegues, Miss. State (1790/81 KOR, 620/53 PR)...... 2005- because they’re very talented .....Once again, any given nine think they’re going to 7. 2,263—Mark Johnson, Vanderbilt (107/2,263 KOR) ...... 1986-88, 90 play in a conference championship. I don’t know if I feel you see that anywhere else 8. 2,253—Dicky Lyons, Kentucky (69/1,065 PR, 56/1,188 KOR)...... 1966-68 in America.” 9. 2,125—Eddie Kennison, LSU (947 PR, 1,178 KOR)...... 1993-95 10. 2,088—Kurt Johnson, Kentucky (64/528 PR, 74/1,560 KOR)...... 1989-92 MISSISSIPPI STATE’S SYLVESTER CROOM ... Highest Active Player 1,936—Brandon James, Florida (51/1224 KOR, 51/712 PR)...... 2006- “Our conference is the toughest conference in the country. We’ve got more 1,610—Javier Arenas, Alabama (45/1001 KOR, 52/609 PR)...... 2006- national championships, we got more players in the pros. So our talent level in this Interceptions conference is the best in the country. The quality of our coaches is the best in the 1. 20— Bobby Wilson, Ole Miss (379 yards) ...... 1946-49 country. If you’re going to compete in this conference, you’ve got to prepare well 20— Chris Williams, LSU (91 yards)...... 1977-80 and you’ve got to play well every week. Anybody in this conference can beat any- 3. 19— Glen Cannon, Ole Miss (180 yards)...... 1967-69 body at any given time.” 19— Antonio Langham, Alabama (229 yards)...... 1990-93 5. 18— Buddy McClinton, Auburn (251 yards) ...... 1967-69 LSU’S LES MILES ... 18— Tim Priest, Tennessee (305 yards)...... 1968-70 7. 16— Harry Gilmer, Alabama (234 yards)...... 1944-47 16— Jake Scott, Georgia (315 yards)...... 1967-68 “I can’t imagine that there’s a more competitive league (SEC) out there. I think 16— Mike Jones, Tennessee (305 yards)...... 1967-69 that great teams in other conferences can be and will certainly contend for national 16— Harry Harrison, Ole Miss (242 yards)...... 1971-73 spots. But I think, year to year, if you go through our schedule and if you go 16— Jeremiah Castille, Alabama (186 yards)...... 1979-82 through those people that play in this conference, they will be representative of 16— John Mangum, Alabama (95 yards)...... 1986-89 every national honor.” Highest Active Player 10—Derek Pegues, Miss. State (218 yards)...... 2005- ALABAMA’S NICK SABAN 8—Rashard Langford, Vanderbilt (141 yards) ...... 2005- 7—D.J. Moore, Vanderbilt (53 yards) ...... 2006- “But I think that we came back, and feel very fortunate to be able to come back TACKLES to a quality institution like the , in the best league, the SEC. 1. 547 - Andy Spiva, Tennessee...... 1973-76 To get an opportunity to do that after going to pro football and learning that, it real- 2. 528 - Freddie Smith, Auburn ...... 1976-79 ly is all about college and a love of the game that we have for college football and 528 - Jeff Herrod, Ole Miss ...... 1984-87 college players that make us happy and makes our job special.” 4. 521 - Jim Kovach, Kentucky...... 1974-76, 1978 5. 482 - Chris Chenault, Kentucky...... 1985-88 KENTUCKY’S RICH BROOKS 6. 475 - David Little, Florida...... 1977-80 475 - Jeff Kremer, Kentucky...... 1984-87 8. 472 - Kem Coleman, Ole Miss ...... 1974-77 “It is a league (SEC) of great talent. Defensive speed is outstanding in this 9. 470 - Marty Moore, Kentucky...... 1990-93 league. And it’s just day-to-day, week-to-week great league.... The depth, the quali- 10. 467 - Scot Brantley, Florida ...... 1976-79 ty of teams in this league from top to bottom is as strong as any league I’ve ever 467 - Ben Zambiasi, Georgia ...... 1974-77 been in. I think it pretty much has proven true over the last two years for sure that 467 - Ray Costict, Mississippi State ...... 1973-76 any team can beat any team in this league.” Highest Active Player 218—Jamarcia Sanford, Ole Miss...... 2005- ARKANSAS’ BOBBY PETRINO 198—Jamar Chaney, Mississippi State ...... 2005- 177—Reshard Langford, Vanderbilt...... 2005- “.The fact that my father always told me, reach for the top of the rainbow. You SACKS know, you can be as good as you want to be. You can do anything you want in the 1. 52.0 - Derrick Thomas, Alabama...... 1985-88 United States of America. And I think that’s really what you see, is that I’ve got the 2. 49.0 - Billy Jackson, Mississippi State...... 1980-83 opportunity now to coach in the best conference, I believe the SEC is the best con- 3. 37.0 - Ben Williams, Ole Miss...... 1972-75 ference in the country, and I’m very proud of that.” 4. 36.0 - David Pollack, Georgia ...... 2001-04 5. 33.0 - Alex Brown, Florida ...... 1998-01 6. 32.0 - Reggie White, Tennessee ...... 1980-83 7. 29.0 - Richard Tardits, Georgia ...... 1985-88 8. 28.0 - Jimmy Payne, Georgia ...... 1978-82 28.0 - Leonard Little, Tennessee ...... 1995-97 10. 27.5 - Mitch Davis, Georgia ...... 1990-93 Highest Active Player 14.0—Tyson Jackson, LSU ...... 2005- 13.0—Jeremy Jarmon, Kentucky ...... 2006- 13.0—Greg Hardy, Ole Miss...... 2006- 13.0—Eric Norwood, South Carolina ...... 2006- 2008 SEC Football • Page 17 Week 2

2008 SEC MISC. STATISTICS

AVERAGE DRIVES ------Total Avg. Plays Avg. Yds. Avg. Time of Scoring Avg. Plays Avg. Yards Avg. Time of No. of Scoring Drives Drives in Drive in Drive Possesion Drives in Drive in Drive Possession - 2:00 5:00 + Alabama 10 8.00 41.90 4:07 7 10.43 53.57 5:06 1 4 Arkansas 11 5.64 35.82 2:07 4 9.75 79.25 3:36 0 0 Auburn 14 5.21 29.00 2:04 4 7.75 62.00 2:38 1 0 Florida 11 5.00 36.91 2:22 5 6.80 67.20 2:51 2 2 Georgia 13 4.54 41.15 2:04 7 4.86 57.00 2:00 4 0 Kentucky 15 4.27 14.00 2:11 3 6.67 30.00 2:37 1 1 LSU 14 4.57 32.79 2:16 7 6.43 56.71 2:44 1 0 Ole Miss 11 5.36 39.82 2:24 7 6.57 59.86 2:56 1 1 Mississippi State 13 5.46 26.77 2:25 2 10.50 88.50 4:16 0 1 South Carolina 13 5.31 28.38 2:41 6 5.67 41.00 2:42 1 0 Tennessee 14 5.43 26.14 2:08 3 11.67 49.00 3:06 1 0 Vanderbilt 13 5.08 27.69 2:31 6 6.00 42.33 2:29 4 1 [* - Time of possession and scoring drives do not include overtime drives] DRIVE CHART Overall / TD Drives ------Drives Ended By ------Points Pts./ Drive Started TD FG FGA PUNT DOWN *TURN CLOCK Scored Drive Efficiency Alabama 10 3 4 5 2 0 0 0 34 3.40 70.00 / 30.00 Arkansas 11 4 0 0 3 0 2 2 28 2.55 36.36 / 36.36 Auburn 14 2 2 3 7 0 1 1 20 1.43 28.57 / 14.29 Florida 11 5 0 0 4 0 0 2 42 3.82 45.45 / 45.45 Georgia 13 6 1 1 4 0 1 1 45 3.46 53.85 / 46.15 Kentucky 15 1 2 3 7 0 2 2 13 0.87 20.00 / 06.67 LSU 14 5 2 2 5 0 1 1 41 2.93 50.00 / 35.71 Ole Miss 11 5 2 2 3 0 0 1 41 3.73 63.64 / 45.45 Mississippi State 13 2 0 0 7 0 3 1 14 1.08 15.38 / 15.38 South Carolina 13 4 2 2 3 0 4 0 34 2.62 46.15 / 30.77 Tennessee 14 2 1 3 7 0 2 0 17 1.21 21.43 / 14.29 Vanderbilt 13 4 2 2 4 0 2 1 34 2.62 46.15 / 30.77 [NOTE: Drive Efficiency = Total Scores/Drives Started] (*-Includes Safeties) FOURTH QUARTER SCORING# ------AVG. STARTING FIELD POSITION & DEFENSIVE DRIVES# School Points For Points Against Margin Record Own Opp. Opp. 3 & Out* Opp. Drives Pct. Alabama 3 0 +3 1-0 UA36 OPP35 4 9 44.44 Arkansas 14 7 +7 1-0 UA24 OPP42 4 11 36.36 Auburn 7 0 +7 1-0 AU30 OPP24 8 15 53.33 Florida 0 10 -10 1-0 UF31 OPP27 7 13 53.85 Georgia 7 14 -7 1-0 UG31 OPP32 5 13 38.46 Kentucky 17 2 +15 1-0 UK41 OPP22 8 15 53.33 LSU 7 6 +1 1-0 LS35 OPP32 6 14 42.86 Ole Miss 7 14 -7 1-0 UM31 OPP26 1 11 09.09 Mississippi State 0 3 -3 0-1 MS22 OPP45 5 14 35.71 South Carolina 21 0 +21 1-0 SC41 OPP24 6 14 42.86 Tennessee 10 14 -4 0-1 UT33 OPP28 6 14 42.86 Vanderbilt 7 0 +7 1-0 VU38 OPP27 4 13 30.77 CONF. TOTAL 100 70 +30 SEC33 OPP30 64 156 41.03 AVERAGES 8.33 5.83 5.33 13.00 * - Opponent held to three plays or less without points scored (Does not include drives stopped by end of half). / # - Does not include overtime POINTS OFF TURNOVERS (Includes safeties)

Team Opponent Opponent Points Scored Total Team Pct. of Team Points Scored Total Opp. Pct. of School Turnovers off Turnovers Points Scored Points Scored Turnovers off Turnovers Points Scored Points Scored Alabama 2 6 34 17.65 0 0 10 00.00 Arkansas 0 0 28 00.00 3 7 24 29.17 Auburn 2 14 34 41.18 1 0 0 00.00 Florida 6 28 56 50.00 0 0 10 00.00 Georgia 1 7 45 15.56 1 0 21 00.00 Kentucky 5 21 27 77.78 2 2 2 100.00 LSU 0 0 41 00.00 1 3 13 23.08 Ole Miss 2 6 41 14.63 0 0 24 00.00 Mississippi State 3 0 14 00.00 5 10 22 45.45 South Carolina 4 17 34 50.00 4 0 0 00.00 Tennessee 4 7 24 29.17 2 0 27 00.00 Vanderbilt 3 3 34 08.82 2 3 13 23.08 CONF. TOTAL. 32 109 412 26.46 21 25 166 15.06 AVERAGES 2.67 9.08 34.33 1.75 2.08 13.83 2008 SEC Football • Page 18 Week 2

2008 SEC MISC. STATISTICS SHUTOUTS IN THE SEC Which defenses in the SEC have posted the most shutouts since league expansion in 1992:

Team 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 Total Last Alabama 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 3 11 11/5/2005 vs. Miss. State (17-0) Arkansas 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 9/9/2006 vs. Utah State (20-0) Auburn 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 14 8/30/2008 vs. UL-Monroe (34-0) Florida 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 7 11/18/2006 vs. W. Carolina (62-0) Georgia 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 9/16/2006 vs. UAB (34-0) Kentucky 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 4 11/16/96 vs. Vanderbilt (25-0) LSU 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 14 9/15/2007 vs. Middle Tenn. (44-0) Ole Miss 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 9 10/6/2007 vs. La. Tech (24-0) Miss. State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 0 7 9/25/99 vs. South Carolina (17-0) South Carolina 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 7 8/28/2008 vs. N.C. State (34-0) Tennessee 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 2 2 13 11/22/2003 vs. Vanderbilt (48-0) Vanderbilt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10/9/99 vs. The Citadel (58-0) SEC’s BEST ROAD TEAMS Which SEC team has the best record away from home in league games since league expansion in 1992 (includes neutral site games):

Team 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 Total Alabama 0-0 2-2 0-4 3-1 1-3 1-3 4-0 2-2 0-4 4-0 1-3 2-2 2-2 3-1 4-0 3-1 4-0 36-28 (.563) Arkansas 0-0 2-2 4-0 1-3 1-3 2-2 3-1 1-3 1-3 0-4 2-2 1-3 1-3 3-1 0-4 2-1-1 2-1-1 26-36-2 (.422) Auburn 0-0 2-2 4-0 3-1 4-0 2-2 3-1 2-2 2-2 2-2 1-3 4-0 2-2 2-2 3-1 4-0 0-4 40-24 (.625) Florida 0-0 3-2 3-1 2-3 1-3 5-0 3-1 4-1 3-1 5-0 3-1 3-2 4-0 5-0 3-0 4-1 2-2 53-18 (.746) Georgia 0-0 3-1 3-2 3-1 4-1 2-2 4-1 3-1 2-3 2-2 4-1 3-1 2-3 1-2 2-2-1 1-3 4-1 43-27-1 (.613) Kentucky 0-0 2-2 1-3 1-3 0-4 0-4 2-2 1-3 0-4 2-2 1-3 1-3 0-4 1-3 0-4 2-2 1-3 15-49 (.234) LSU 0-0 3-1 2-2 4-0 2-2 4-0 2-2 3-1 1-3 0-4 1-3 4-0 3-1 1-2-1 1-3 2-2 0-4 33-30-1 (.523) Ole Miss 0-0 0-4 0-4 0-4 1-3 4-0 0-4 2-2 2-2 3-1 1-3 2-2 2-2 1-3 0-4 0-4 1-3 19-45 (.297) Miss. State 0-0 2-2 1-3 0-4 0-4 0-4 0-4 0-4 1-3 2-2 2-2 2-2 2-2 0-4 3-1 0-3-1 1-3 16-47-1 (.258) South Carolina 0-0 1-3 3-1 2-2 3-1 0-4 2-2 2-2 2-2 0-4 0-4 1-3 2-2 1-3 3-1 1-3 1-3 24-40 (.375) Tennessee 0-0 2-2 3-1 2-2 4-0 3-1 3-1 4-0 2-2 2-2 4-0 3-1 4-0 3-1 3-1 3-1 3-1 48-16 (.750) Vanderbilt 0-0 1-3 1-3 2-2 0-4 0-4 0-4 0-4 1-3 2-2 0-4 0-4 0-4 0-4 2-2 0-4 1-3 10-54 (.156)

SCORING IN THE SEC

TOUCHDOWNS SCORED TOUCHDOWNS ALLOWED Passing Rushing Defense KO Returns# Punt Returns* TOTAL Passing Rushing Defense KO Returns# Punt Returns* TOTAL Alabama 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 Arkansas 2 2 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 3 Auburn 1 1 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Florida 1 4 2 0 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 Georgia 3 3 0 0 0 6 1 2 0 0 0 3 Kentucky 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 LSU 3 2 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 Ole Miss 2 3 0 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 3 Mississippi State 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 South Carolina 2 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tennessee 0 2 1 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 3 Vanderbilt 1 3 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 TOTALS 18 25 6 0 2 51 9 7 0 1 1 18 * - includes blocked kick/punt return ; # - includes fumbled kick return

SCORING MARGIN IN INTRA-CONFERENCE GAMES

Conference 1-5 6-10 11-15 16-20 21+ TOTAL GAMES TOTAL POINTS AVERAGE MARGIN ACC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Big East 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Big Ten 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Big 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 C-USA 0 0 0 0 2 2 52 26.0 MAC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mountain West 0 0 0 0 1 1 23 23.0 Pac-10 0 1 0 0 1 2 42 21.0 SEC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sun Belt 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 14.0 WAC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (Numbers in parenthesis reflect percentage of games within scoring margin or less) 2008 SEC Football • Page 19 Week 2

SEC FOOTBALL ... WHAT THEY’RE SAYING

THE SPORTING NEWS USA TODAY Story entitled, “SEC football best college has to offer” in November 21, 2007 edition) Ranking the Conferences – SEC #1 “For its next trick, the SEC will get a team with three losses into the BCS national “Top to bottom, the SEC has been that conference long term,” says FOX and Big title game. Laugh all you want, but the reality is this: It’s the SEC’s world and we’re Ten Network football analyst Charles Davis, a former defensive back at Tennessee. “I all just living in it. The conference is so talented and plays so well in big games – 7-2 in think back to the late 1990s, when Florida was winning and Tennessee and Florida its last nine BCS games – that it gets the benefit of the doubt when it comes to BCS were already deciding the SEC East (Division) in September. Then Georgia re-emerged. number-crunching. Georgia and Florida look like locks for BCS games, and Auburn and Then LSU jumped in and then Auburn jumped in.” LSU have the juice to get there, too.” CHRIS LOW, ESPN.com LINDY’S MAGAZINE “What separates the SEC, even more so now than a decade ago, is that there are Ranking the Conferences – SEC #1 no easy outs. “If LSU coach Les Miles wanted to pop off about the strength of the SEC vs. every- The 2007 season was pure chaos. In a league that epitomizes balance, it bordered body else this season, he’d get no argument here. That the SEC deserves to be number more on cannibalism a year ago. one is something you know instinctively, but if you’re a numbers guy, this works too: LSU lost twice in triple overtime to Kentucky and Arkansas. The loss to the Hogs The league has won three of the past five national championships and, probably should was at home and came on the final week of the regular season, but the Tigers recov- have had a shot at another when 13-0 Auburn was shut out of the BCS title game in ered to win the SEC championship game over Tennessee and vaulted into the BCS title 2004. More? The SEC has won all four of its BCS games in the past two years by a game after West Virginia was upset by Pittsburgh and Missouri lost in the Big 12 combined score of 161-62. There will be no shift in power this season.” championship game. Once on college football's center stage, the Tigers did what the SEC has made a ATHLON MAGAZINE habit of doing in bowl games. They torched Ohio State to win their second national title in five years.” Ranking the Conferences - #1 SEC “Anyone who followed the week-to-week results in the SEC last season knows that CHRIS DUFRENSE - LOS ANGELES TIMES the conference is almost too strong for its own good. There are no easy games, partic- ularly on the road. Losing one game in conference play is akin to going undefeated in other conferences. The SEC may have had the best two teams in the nation last season “The SEC, without question, is the toughest league without a commissioner named – Georgia and LSU – and the league may have four top 10 teams this season. Bobby Goodell. The SEC has won three Bowl Championship Series titles since 2003 and Petrino’s return to college football won’t make the conference any easier.” starts this season with four schools ranked in the top 10 of the first AP poll.”

KIRK HERBSTREIT - ESPN JON WILNER - SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS

“My reaction to the initial AP poll is that Mike Slive, Commissioner of the SEC, is “I believe the Southeastern Conference has more good players and good teams than flexing his SEC bicep this morning because ... the depth of the SEC is obviously every any league — and I’d believe that even if it hadn’t won the past two BCS titles (Florida year we talk about it ... the SEC is the strongest conference in the country. To see the and LSU). 2008 pre-season poll, as many as four teams in the Top 10, it definitely makes gets ... Other leagues might rise up and challenge the SEC’s supremacy here and there you excited about what this conference has to offer. Each division, you can make an — as the Pac-10 did last season — but on the whole, the SEC is college football’s king- argumentis the strongest in the country, let alone when you put them into one confer- pin because it annually has more good teams than anyone else.” ence.” MIKE BIANCHI - ORLANDO SENTINEL STEWART MANDEL - SPORTS ILLUSTRATED “But there are so many cameras in here (SEC Football Media Days) because the “At his conference's preseason media event last month, SEC commissioner Mike nation can't get enough of imagery and pageantry of the SEC. This is the league that Slive stood before a room full of reporters and rattled off his league's impressive list has the defending winner and the defending national champion. This of recent accomplishments -- three BCS championships in six years, an NCAA-record is the league that draws the most fans and makes the most money. This is without seven bowl wins in 2007 and the first 1-2 finish in the polls by a single conference (No. question the No. 1 league in college football. 1 LSU, No. 2 Georgia) since 1971. And there is no No. 2. If the SEC is the King of Hearts, everybody else is the 6 of "I think it's safe to say that the debate as to which is the best football conference Clubs.” in the country has been put to rest," proclaimed the commissioner. ... While Slive has no shortage of ammo when it comes to declaring his conference's URI BERLINER - NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO superiority, can the debate ever really be "put to rest?" In a sport with such annual fluctuation, it stands to reason that the balance of power among conferences must be “College football is a game of regional rivalries, tradition and remarkable fan loyal- fluid as well. ty. All of which is evident in extreme form in the Southeastern Conference — which ... The SEC was by far the strongest conference over the past five years, accu- encompasses 12 teams, including the Florida Gators, Alabama's Crimson Tide, Ole mulating 40 of a possible 42 points. It placed a staggering 41.7 percent of its teams Miss, LSU and the Georgia Bulldogs. in the final AP polls, went 6-1 in BCS games and its 11-point CPI margin over the sec- Any attempt to assess passion is, of course, subjective. But there's enough evi- ond-place Pac-10 (29) was the biggest discrepancy during either time period.” dence to make a case that fans in the Southeast are the most college football-crazy people in the country. Attendance in the SEC is the highest of any conference, and has MIKE ARESCO - CBS SPORTS VICE-PRESIDENT FOR PROGRAMMING been for 26 consecutive seasons.”

“The SEC is the gold standard for college athletics. It has been a great conference for 76 years and that will never change. We love the enthusiasm of the fans and the way they support the game.” 2008 SEC Football • Page 20 Week 2

SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE FOOTBALL .... SECond to None

BCS NATIONAL CHAMPIONS SEC LEADS NATION IN ATTENDANCE Since the inception of the BCS in 1998, the SEC leads all conferences with four national For the 27th straight season, the SEC recorded the largest total attendance figure of any champions. Tennessee won the BCS’ first national title in 1998, LSU won the crown in conference in the nation. In 2007, a total of 6,687,342 fans attended 89 games, an aver- 2003, Florida’s claimed the national championship in 2006 and LSU took the title this sea- age of 75,139 per contest, also tops in the nation. SEC stadiums were filled to 97.69 per- son. The Big 12 has two BCS national titles followed by the ACC, Big Ten, Pac-10 and Big cent of capacity for each home game in 2007. The SEC had six of the top 10 schools in East with one each. total attendance in 2007 - Tennessee (4), Auburn (5), Georgia (6), LSU (7), Alabama (8) and Florida (9). NATIONAL CHAMPIONS SINCE 1992 Since SEC expansion in 1992, the SEC has the most national championships (AP, USA ATTENDANCE Today) with six. During that time, the SEC has had more teams with national titles than Conference Games Total Attendance Average Attendance any other conference (4). Here is a breakdown: SEC 89 6,687,342 75,139 SEC - Florida (2006, 1996), LSU (2003, 2007), Tennessee (1998), Alabama (1992) Big Ten 76 5,408,019 71,158 Big 12 - Texas (2005), Oklahoma (2000), Nebraska (1994, 1995, 1997) Big 12 77 4,652,267 60,419 Big Ten - Ohio State (2002), Michigan (1997) Pac-10 65 3,764,179 57,910 Pac-10 - Southern California (2004, 2003) ACC 77 4,137,463 53,733 ACC - Florida State (1999, 1993) Big East 53 2,197,136 41,455 Big East - Miami, Fla. (2001) Mountain West 54 1,817,481 33,657

TOP 25 FINISHES BOWL GAME APPEARANCES Since 2000, the Southestern Conference has had more teams ranked in the final USA Today Using current conference alignments, the Southeastern Conference has more bowl game Coaches Poll than any other conference. The SEC has had 39 teams ranked in the last eight appearances and more bowl victories than any other conference. SEC teams have appeared final USA Today Coaches polls, an average of almost five per season. The Big 12 is sec- in 353 bowl games and hold a 184-164-5 record in those games (52.8%). ond with 31 teams ranked since 2000. The SEC has led or tied for lead in most teams ranked in the final USA Today Coaches Polls in seven of the last eight seasons. ALL-TIME BOWL RECORDS (Using current conference alignments) Conference App. W-L-T Pct. FINAL USA TODAY COACHES POLLS SINCE 2000 WAC 62 33-27-2 .548 (Using conference alignments during year played) SEC 353 184-164-5 .528 Conference 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Total ACC 276 143-128-5 .527 SEC 6 5 3 5 5 5 5 5 39 Pac-10 220 112-102-6 .523 Big 12 5 4 4 4 3 4 2 5 31 Conference USA 114 51-61-2 .495 Big Ten 3 2 4 5 4 3 4 5 30 Big Ten 234 114-117-3 .494 ACC 3 2 4 3 4 5 3 3 27 Big 12 312 149-159-4 .484 Pac-10 3 4 2 2 3 4 3 3 24 Big East 105 49-54-2 .476 Big East 2 4 4 1 1 2 3 2 19 Mountain West 122 53-65-4 .451 MWC 1 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 18 Mid-American 47 20-27-0 .426 WAC 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 7 Sun Belt 11 3-8-0 .273 C-USA 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 5 MAC 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 Since 2000, the SEC has more bowl appearances (61) and bowl bowl wins (36) than any Independent 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 5 other conference. (See Non-Conference Records Since 2000 chart on this page)

NON-CONFERENCE RECORD SINCE 2000 SEC LEADS NATION WITH 263 FORMER PLAYERS ON 2007 NFL OPENING DAY The Southeastern Conference has the nation’s top non-conference winning percentage ROSTERS (including bowl games) since 2000. The SEC is 294-105 (.737) against non-conference foes The Southeastern Conference had 263 players on the 2007 during the last eight seasons. In the regular season, the Big 12 has the top winning per- opening day active rosters, which led all conferences. centage (.761) while the SEC is second (.752). In bowl games, the SEC is third in winning The Atlantic Coast Conference was second with 238 players, followed by the Big Ten percentage (.558) behind the Big East (.618) and the Mountain West (.565). with 234 players, Pac-10 with 183 players, Big 12 with 176 players and the Big East with 84 players. NON-CONFERENCE RECORDS SINCE 2000 Among SEC schools, Georgia was first with 37 former players on NFL rosters, followed Conference W-L Pct. Bowls Pct. Total Pct. by Tennessee with 36, LSU with 33, Florida with 31 and Auburn with 30. Alabama had 21 SEC 258-80 .763 36-25 .590 294-105 .737 players on NFL rosters, while South Carolina had 19, Ole Miss and Mississippi State had 17 Big 12 262-83 .759 31-31 .500 293-114 .720 each, Arkansas had 12, Kentucky six and Vanderbilt with five. Pac-10 188-77 .709 24-21 .533 212-98 .684 The SEC had five of its schools with 30-or-more-players on NFL rosters. No other con- Big East 200-93 .683 24-15 .615 224-108 .675 ference had two. Big Ten 228-90 .717 22-32 .407 250-122 .672 Nationally, Miami (Fla.) leads with 46 former players on NFL rosters, followed by Ohio ACC 199-98 .670 28-26 .519 227-124 .647 State with 44, Florida State with 41, Tennessee with 36 and Georgia with 35. Mountain West 139-144 .491 17-11 .607 156-155 .502 The NFL Kickoff Weekend numbers were furnished by the National Football League and Conference USA 141-187 .430 15-25 .375 156-212 .424 does not include any former SEC players that may have been activated after the opening Western Athletic 120-172 .411 12-15 .444 132-187 .414 weekend. Mid-American 135-247 .353 9-12 .429 144-259 .357 For a complete listing of former SEC student-athletes on NFL rosters, log on to www.sec- Sun Belt 57-216 .209 2-6 .250 59-222 .210 sports.com.

[NOTE: All tabulations done by SEC media relations staff.] 2008 SEC Football • Page 21 Week 2

THIS IS THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE

THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE COMPLIANCE AND EDUCATION

• The Southeastern Conference sponsors championships in 20 sports - 11 women’s • The SEC Task Force Committee on Compliance and Enforcement has issued a report sports and nine men’s sports. They include baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, of recommendations that represents an important initial step in a formal process of men’s and women’s cross country, football, men’s and women’s golf, gymnastics, soc- establishing a new standard of compliance excellence within the Southeastern cer, softball, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s tennis, Conference. Among the recommendations included in this report was how institutions men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field, and volleyball. will handle reports of allegations, strengthening the relationship between the league’s • The SEC’s mission statement reflects the priorities of the league. “The purpose of institutions and the conference office, developing new orientation programs and estab- the Southeastern Conference is to assist its member institutions in the maintenance of lishing an annual review of compliance issues. programs of intercollegiate athletics which are compatible with the highest standards of • The SEC also conducts a New Coaches Orientation Program four times a year, education and competitive sports.” which supplements institutional orientation programs and enhance the professional development of coaches. Topics of discussion range from the role of the SEC and NCAA ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS to the role of athletics in higher education.

• During the last six years, the SEC has had more student-athletes honored as SPORTSMANSHIP CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-Americans than any other conference. The league has had 211 student-athletes named CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All- • The SEC has developed a sportsmanship statement for its institutions to follow. It Americans, including 95 named to the first-team. states: • During the last 12 years, the SEC has had 19 winners of the NCAA Today's Top VIII “Coaches and student-athletes of a member insititution, as well as individuals Award, which is given annually to eight outstanding senior student-athletes. Since employed by or associated with that institution, including alumni, fans, patrons and 1997, no other conference has had as many student-athletes honored with this presti- boosters, shall conduct themselves with honesty and good sportsmanship. Their behav- gious award. ior shall at all times reflect the high standards of honor and dignity that characterize par- • Kentucky’s Jacob Tamme was named by the National Football Foundation as a ticipation in the collegiate setting. For intercollegiate athletics to promote the character National Scholar-Athlete. During the last six years, the SEC has had 12 student-athletes development of participants, to enhance the integrity of higher education and to promote honored, the most of any conference. LSU’s Rudy Niswanger won the Vincent dePaul civility in society, coaches, student-athletes and all others associated with these athlet- Draddy Award given by the National Football Foundation in 2005 as the nation’s top ics programs and events should adhere to such fundamental values as respect, fairness, football scholar-athlete. Niswanger became the sixth SEC student-athlete to claim the civility, honesty and responsibility. These values should be manifested not only in ath- “Academic Heisman” since the award was established in 1990. letics participation but also in the broad spectrum of activities affecting the athletics program. It is the responsibility of each member institution to establish policies for FOR THE STUDENT-ATHLETE sportsmanship and ethical conduct in intercollegiate athletics consistent with the edu- cational mission and goals of the institution. Furthermore, member institutions are • The 12 member institutions of the SEC provide nearly $65 million in scholarships for responsible for educating on a continuing basis all constituencies about these policies.” the more than 4,200 student-athletes each year. • The SEC distributed nearly $675,000 during the 2006-2007 academic year from the IN THE COMMUNITY NCAA Special Assistance Fund for Student-Athletes. This program was implemented to provide financial aid to student-athletes with specific needs such as clothing and shoes, • The SEC launched its education initiative in 2002, utilizing the platform of intercol- medical or vision care, academic course supplies and family emergencies. legiate athletics to provide elementary school teachers with relevant resources they can • During the 2008-09 academic year, the SEC will distribute more than $1 million to use to educate and prepare children for life. The SEC became the nation’s first confer- directly benefit student-athletes from the Student-Athlete Opportunity Fund. ence to develop customized educational software, providing a CD-ROM containing SEC- • The SEC awards post-graduate scholarships totaling $130,000 to 24 student-ath- branded content correlating to national educational standards. Since the CD-ROM was letes each year. The top male and female nominee each receive the H. Boyd McWhorter produced, the SEC has initiated oan online program for K-8 students on education con- Scholar-Athlete Award, named for the league's fourth commissioner, and a $10,000 tent and character development. scholarship. Last year, 22 additional student-athletes (11 female and 11 male) received • SECkids.com is a website uniquely designed for school-age students. Now fans of $5,000 to continue their education. Alabama golfer Joseph Sykora and Auburn swimmer all ages can access exciting, interactive and educational information on the SEC and its Kristen Hastrup were named McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Award winners in 2007-08. universities. SECkids.com features exclusive behind-the-scenes access at championship • The SEC has established a Community Service Award to honor a male and female events, profiles of student-athletes and coaches, along with games and video highlights. student-athlete with a $5,000 scholarship for outstanding service in the community. Teachers can also register online to utilize the SEC Kids’s college software in their class- South Carolina football player William Brown and Vanderbilt lacrosse player Brooke room. The SEC is the only conference in the country to develop a site of this kind. Shinaberry were named recipients of this award in 2007-08. OVERALL ATHLETICS SUCCESS A LEADER IN WOMEN’S SPORTS • In 2007-08, the SEC had 168 teams in 20 sports take part in NCAA post-season play, • The SEC has developed a "Principles for Gender Equity," which, calls for each league an average of almost eight teams per sport. Along with those numbers, the league also school to provide equitable funding for women's sports, promotions and marketing and produced 457 first-team All-Americans, won five team and 46 individual national titles. other support services. The SEC currently conducts championships in 11 women's • Since 1990, the SEC has won 123 team and 851 individual national championships. sports and nine men's sports. Since that time, the SEC has had at least one team ranked in the top five nationally in • The SEC had three sport winners of the Collegiate Woman of the Year Award spon- 76.2 percent of the total sports win which the league has competed (281 of 369). Ten sored by Honda. Tennessee’s Candace Parker won for women’s basketball, Katie of the SEC's 12 schools have won at least one national championship since 1990. Heenan of Georgia took top honors in gymnastics and Florida’s Carolina Burckle was the • In the SEC’s 20 sponsored sports since 2000, the SEC has won 55 team titles. The top student-athlete in swimming & diving. Parker was the winner of the Honda National SEC has won team titles in 16 different sports since 2000, the most of any conference. Collegiate Woman of the Year honor in 2007-08. • Since 1987, SEC schools have won 69 NCAA women’s national championships, an average of more than three per year in the 11 women’s sports the SEC sponsors. Nine of the 12 SEC institutions have won a national women’s team championship since 1987. 2008 SEC Football • Page 22 Week 2

S. CAROLINA at VANDERBILT SOUTHERN MISS at AUBURN Sept. 4 - 7:30 p.m. CT 11:30 a.m. CT Nashville, Tenn. Auburn, Ala. Vanderbilt Stadium (39,773) Pat Dye Field at Jordan-Hare Stadium (87,451) Overall: 1-0 LIVE TV: ESPN [Chris Fowler, Overall: 1-0 Overall: 1-0 LIVE TV: Raycom [Dave Neal, Overall: 1-0 SEC: 0-0 play-by-play; Craig James, ana- SEC: 0-0 play-by-play; Dave Archer, color SEC: 0-0 XM: 200 lyst, Jessie Palmer, analyst; Erin XM: 199 analyst; Dave Baker, sideline XM: 199 Andrews, sidelines] reporter] THE COACHES THE COACHES Steve Spurrier is in his fourth season at South Carolina with a record of 22-16 Larry Fedora is in his first season at Southern Miss and overall. The Golden Eagles’ (.579) and in his 19th season overall with a record of 164-56-2 (.743). The offensive coordinator is Darrell Wyatt and Todd Bradford serves as the defensive coor- Gamecocks’ offensive coordinator is Spurrier and Spurrier Jr. and the defensive coor- dinator. dinator is Ellis Johnson. Tommy Tuberville is in his 10th season at Auburn with a record of 81-33 (.711) and Bobby Johnson is in his seventh season at Vanderbilt with a record of 21-50 (.296) in his 14th season overall with a record of 106-53 (.667). The Tigers’ offensive coor- and in his 15th season overall with a record of 81-86 (.485). The Commodores’ offen- dinator is Tony Franklin and the defensive coordinator is Paul Rhoads. sive coordinator is Ted Cain and the defensive coordinator is Bruce Fowler. WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN SOUTHTERN MISS HAS THE BALL WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN SOUTH CAROLINA HAS THE BALL USM rolled up an impressive 633 yards of offense in the opener, including 427 on Mike Davis rushed 14 times for 101 yards and a touchdown last week. It was his the ground, with both totals ranking third nationally. Preseason Conference USA fourth career 100-yard rushing game. Included was a 50-yard burst, the longest of his Offensive Player of the Year RB Damion Fletcher ran for 222 yards and two scores at career. He also caught a pair of passes for 31 yards. Kenny McKinley caught a game- Louisiana-Lafayette. Golden Eagles quarterback Austin Davis, in his first start for high six passes (or one more than the entire NC State team caught) in the season-open- USM, ran for two touchdowns in the first half and threw for another as well. He later er last Thursday, but was held to just 37 yards. Chris Smelley completed all five of his added another late scoring pass. pass attempts against the Wolfpack for 92 yards, including touchdown passes of 20 Despite heavy losses, three of the top four leading tacklers return in sophomore yards to Dion LeCorn and 13 yards to . safety Zac Etheridge (65), senior linebacker Chris Evans (64) and junior Broderick Stewart picked up where he left off last year. The sack specialist had Jerraud Powers (63). Powers also shared the team lead with four interceptions. Other another against Miami, giving him six in his last six games. He is the Commodores' key returnees include juniors Antonio Coleman and Sen'Derrick Marks on the defensive active career sack leader with 14.5. Reshard Langford contributed seven tackles and line. Coleman had team highs of 18.5 tackles for loss and 8.5 sacks, while Marks has several jarring stops in the win. Myron Lewis tied a career high with eight tackles. He been named to several preseason All-America teams. Marks has started all 27 games also contributed one of the team's top individual defensive play with a leaping inter- over the past three seasons. ception early in the second quarter. WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN AUBURN HAS THE BALL WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN VANDERBILT HAS THE BALL LB Gerald McRath, C-USA’s Defensive Player of the Year, started the season with Captain Munnerlyn was credited with four solo tackles, recorded a fumble recov- 15 tackles last week. In his career, McRath has collected 13 career, 10-plus tackle ery and broke up two passes in the season-opening win over NC State. Emanuel Cook games. Entering the season, he had tallied 23 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks, to go had a solid performance against NC State in the opener, recording nine tackles, all solo along with one interception, five pass deflections, four forced , one fumble stops, and forced a fumble. After just 26 games in the Garnet & Black, Eric Norwood recovery in his career. ranks sixth on the school’s all-time list in career tackles for loss with 28.5, just 6.5 Auburn looks to continue its tradition of producing high-caliber running backs, as off the record total of 35 set by Andrew Provence. the top four ground gainers from last season return in 2008. Junior Ben Tate led the Chris Nickson, an 18-game starter before injuries sidelined him midway through the team with 903 yards rushing, while senior Brad Lester had 530 yards in just seven 2007 season, compiled 257 yards of total offense and accounted for three touch- games for a team-leading average of 75.7 per contest. Sophomore Mario Fannin downs in Vanderbilt's 34-13 win at Miami. Nickson also did not commit a turnover in switched to wide receiver after totaling 448 yards on the ground last year, while soph- the solid performance. He rushed for a career-high 166 yards and two touchdowns on omore quarterback Kodi Burns added 203 yards rushing. 20 carries. Nickson also threw for 91 yards, including a 4-yard TD strike to Sean Walker. He hit nine of 16 pass attempts. He was named SEC Player of the Week. SPECIAL TEAMS Senior kicker Britt Barefoot averaged 42.5 yards per punt for the Golden Eagles in SPECIAL TEAMS 2007. Last season he has tallied 10, 50-plus yard punts and has notched 14 inside the Senior placekicker Ryan Succop is one of the top returning placekickers in college 20, as well as 14 that were fair caught. His punting averaged ranked No. 2 in C-USA football. He is 31-for-41 in field goal attempts in his career (75.6 percent) and is 17- and 25th nationally last season. Barefoot also doubled as the long field goal kicker and for-18 (94.4 percent) inside 40 yards. He has converted 24 of his last 28 attempts converted his first and only collegiate field goal attempt, from 51 yards. (85.7 percent) from inside 47. He has scored 171 points in his career, ranking ninth on Sophomore Ryan Shoemaker was a first-team preseason All-SEC selection this sea- Carolina’s all-time list. son after averaging 42.4 yards per punt last year, but was supplanted as the starting Brett Upson and Bryant Hahnfeldt shared team Specialist of the Week honors after punter by redshirt freshman Clinton Durst, who burst onto the scene in the spring and their respective performances in Vanderbilt's win at Miami (Ohio). Upson missed the was the Special Teams MVP of the A-Day game after averaging 48.3 yards on three first three weeks of preseason camp due to a stomach ailment, but returned in style, averaging 40.2 yards on four punts. Hahnfeldt continued to take aim at the punts. Durst averaged 43.4 yards per kick against ULM with two punts of over 50 Commodore all-time scoring record for kickers with two field goals and four PATs. yards and four placed inside the 20-yard line.

SERIES/GAME NOTES SERIES/GAME NOTES Record: SC, 14-3 • Last: VU, 17-6 (2007 at Columbia) Record: AU, 16-5 • Last: Auburn, 35-24 (1993 at Auburn) Vanderbilt is seeking its second consecutive victory over the Gamecocks after Auburn and leads the all-time series with Southern Miss 16-5, but the two teams snapping a seven-game losing streak last year...The Commodores are 1-8 overall have not met since 1993... The teams played four straight close games from 1990-93, against South Carolina in Vanderbilt Stadium... Vanderbilt's only victory on campus with each team winning two... Southern Miss won in 1990 (14-12) and 1991 (10-9), was a 17-14 decision in 1998...Vanderbilt has lost the last four games played between before Auburn earned victories in the last two meetings in 1992 (16-8) and 1993 (35- the teams in Vanderbilt Stadium. 24)... The last 18 meetings have all taken place in Auburn, dating back to 1959. 2008 SEC Football • Page 23 Week 2

OLE MISS at WAKE FOREST CENTRAL MICHIGAN at 2:30 p.m. CT GEORGIA Winston-Salem, N.C. 3:30 p.m. ET Groves Stadium (31,500) Athens, Ga. Sanford Stadium (92,746) Overall: 1-0 LIVE TV: ABC/ESPN2 [Terry Overall: 1-0 Overall: 1-0 Overall: 1-0 SEC: 0-0 Gannon, play-by-play; David XM: 190 LIVE TV: FSN South [Bob SEC: 0-0 XM: 199 Norrie,, color analyst] Rathman, play-by-play; Dave XM: 200 Rowe, color analyst] THE COACHES THE COACHES Houston Nutt is in his first season at Ole Miss and in his 16th season overall with Butch Jones is in his second season at CMU and overall with a record of 9-6 (.600). a record of 112-70 (.615). serves as the offensive coordinator and the The Chippewas’ offensive coordinator is Mike Bajakian and the defensive coordinator defensive coordinator is Tyrone Nix. is Tim Banks. Jim Grobe is in his eighth season at Wake Forest with a record of 47-39 (.647) and Mark Richt is in his eighth season at Georgia and overall with a record of 73-19 in his 14th season overall with a record of 80-72-1 (.526). The Demon Deacons’ offen- (.793). The Bulldogs’ offensive coordinator is Mike Bobo and the defensive coordina- sive coordinator is Steed Lobotzke and Brad Lambert serves as the defensive coordi- tor is Willie Martinez. nator. WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN CENTRAL MICHIGAN HAS THE BALL WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN OLE MISS HAS THE BALL The Chippewas are led by senior quarterback Dan LeFevour. Last year, he became Junior WR Shay Hodge and Jevan Snead hooked up for two TDs with a 64-yarder only the second player in FBS history to pass for 3,000 yards and rush for 1,000 yards in the opener and a 15-yarder in the third. It marked the first two-TD game of Hodge's in the same season. LeFevour was the 2007 MAC Offensive Player of the Year, while receiver/kick returner Antonio Brown was the MAC Freshman of the Year. In Central career. His lone two catches gave him a team-high 79 receiving yards. Making his first Michigan’s win over Eastern Illinois last week, LeFevour accounted for 259 yards of start as a Rebel, sophomore QB Jevan Snead finished 10-of-22 for 185 yards with two total offense, including three touchdown passes. Brown had two catches for 48 yards, TDs and no interceptions against Memphis. Few could catch Dexter McCluster in the three punt returns 64 yards and one kick return for 17 yards. season opener, as he raced for 125 all-purpose yards. He hauled in four passes for 61 The 2008 Georgia defense features nine returning starters, highlighted by line- yards and recorded career highs of six rushes for 64 yards, including a 32-yard TD run. backer and cornerback Asher Allen. Sophomore Darryl Gamble tied for Aaron Curry led the Deacs at Baylor with seven stops including 1.5 tackles for a the team lead with six stops against the Eagles last week while Ellerbe was third on loss and half of a sack. had two pass breakups and an interception in the team with five tackles and added an interception in the end zone that ended one the first half. The interception was the 15th of his career. He is third in Wake Forest of Georgia Southern’s early scoring threats. Geno Atkins tied for third on the team history in career interceptions, just two behind Ronnie Burgess (1981-84) and A.J. with four tackles during Georgia’s season-opening win over Georgia Southern. Greene (1985-88), who share the mark at 17 picks apiece. WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN GEORGIA HAS THE BALL WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN WAKE FOREST HAS THE BALL Senior nose guard Casey Droscha and junior ends , Sam Williams and Against Memphis, senior Jamarca Sanford led the team and equaled his career best Larry Knight all return. Zombo tied for third in the MAC with 7.5 sacks last season and of 13 total stops, including a career-high 11 solos. It marked his eighth career game led the Chippewas’ defensive linemen with 62 total tackles. LB Nick Bellore returns with double-figure tackles. Sanford made his 32nd career start, as the Batesville after starting all 14 games and registering a CMU freshman-record 102 tackles last native has started every game in which he has played. Senior CB Dustin Mouzon season. Josh Gordy, who missed four games due to injuries in 2007, is CMU’s top recorded his fourth career interception and third against Memphis on Saturday. Junior returner in the secondary. S Kendrick Lewis recorded his first career interception in the opener. Matthew Stafford is 18-4 at a starter. He registered a career-high 275 yards pass- Quarterback Riley Skinner threw three TD passes last week, setting a new career ing during Georgia’s 45-21 win over Georgia Southern to open the 2008 campaign. He high. He also became the Deacon's all-time wins leader as a starting quarterback with has thrown for 4,547 yards with 28 TDs and 23 INTs in his Bulldog career. Against 19. Skinner ended the night 27-of-36 for 220 yards moving into eighth all-time in Georgia Southern in the 2008 season opener, Knowshon Moreno tied his career high school history with 24 career touchdown passes. Senior Ben Wooster led the receiv- with three touchdowns while only carrying the ball eight times for 59 yards. Mohamed ing corps with six grabs for 90 yards and a touchdown. Fellow senior D.J. Boldin had Massaquoi is the team’s top returning receiver (32 receptions for 491 yards, 4 TDs). a team-high seven catches for 33 yards. SPECIAL TEAMS SPECIAL TEAMS Junior placekicker Andrew Aguila converted a school-record 60 point-after attempts in 2007 and was 9-of-14 on field goals, including a 51-yarder at Ball State. Junior kicker Joshua Shene set a career-high in PATs, going 5-for-5. He has con- Antonio Brown earned All-MAC first team honors as a return specialist in 2007 after nected on 45-of-46 career extra points. Shene’s 47-yard FG in the second quarter averaging 26.2 yards per kickoff return, including a 90-yard return for a touchdown marked the third longest of his career. He was 2-for-2 in the game, also connecting against Northern Illinois. from 26 yards. After losing the starting punting job in 2007, senior Rob Park handled Blair Walsh enjoyed a memorable start to his collegiate career as he scored nine all three punts against Memphis for an average of 39.7 yards. points in last week’s 45-21 victory. He boomed the opening kickoff through the end Sam Swank, Wake's career scoring leader, scored 11 points at Baylor to increase zone for a touchback. Then, his first career field goal attempt came from 52 yards out, his career scoring total to 297. He is now 96 points away from the ACC record of 393, and he punched it through with plenty of room to spare. Brian Mimbs was third in the set by Maryland's Nick Noval from 2001-04. Swank was honorable mention All-ACC SEC with an average of 42.4 yards on 57 punts last season, placing 16 inside the 20- selection as a placekicker as a junior. He was a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award yard line. given annually to the nation's top placekicker in 2007. SERIES/GAME NOTES SERIES/GAME NOTES Record: First Meeting Record: WF, 1-0 • Last: WF, 27-3 (2006 at Oxford) Georgia has never played Central Michigan, but is 5-1 against the current members This will mark only the second all-time meeting between Ole Miss and Wake of the Mid- American Conference... The Bulldogs’ sole loss came against Miami (Ohio) Forest...The Demon Deacons prevailed 27-3 at Oxford in 2006 in the only other in 1974 (21-10)... Their last battle against a MAC opponent ended in a 56-3 rout of encounter...The Rebels are in search of their first win over an ACC foe since a 41-18 Kent State in 1998...UGA defensive coordinator Willie Martinez and coach win over Georgia Tech in the Peach Bowl to conclude the1971 season. John Jancek came to the Bulldogs from CMU. 2008 SEC Football • Page 24 Week 2

LOUISIANA-MONROE at SE LOUISIANA at ARKANSAS MISSISSIPPI STATE 6 p.m. CT 6 p.m. CT Fayetteville, Ark. Starkville, Miss. Reynolds Razorback Stadium Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Overall: 0-1 (72,000) Overall: 1-0 Overall: 1-0 Field (55,082) Overall: 0-1 SEC: 0-0 SEC: 0-0 LIVE TV: PPV XM: 232 LIVE TV: None XM: 200 THE COACHES Charlie Weatherbie is in his sixth season at La.-Monroe with a record of 21-38 (.356) THE COACHES and in his 16th season overall with a record of 66-102 (.393). The Warhawks’ offen- Mike Lucas is in his second season at SEL and overall with a record of 4-8 (.333). sive coordinator is Steve Farmer and the defensive coordinators are Phil Elmassian and The Lions’ offensive coordinator is Tommy Condell and the defensive coordinator is Manny Michel. Matt Webb. Bobby Petrino is in his first season at Arkansas and sixth overall with a record of45- Sylvester Croom is in his fifth season at Mississippi State and overall with a record 19 (.703). The Razorbacks’ offensive coordinator is Paul Patrino and the defensive of 17-31 (.354). The Bulldogs’ offensive coordinator is Woody McCorvey and the coordinator is Willy Robinson. defensive coordinator is Charlie Harbison.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN LOUISIANA-MONROE HAS THE BALL WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN SE LOUISIANA HAS THE BALL Kinsmon Lancaster returns for his senior season and third as the full-time starter Highlighting the returners on offense is All-America candidate Jay Lucas, who under center. He enters the season ranked sixth on the ULM career completions and established a single-season, school-record with 1,239 yards rushing while finishing passing yards lists. Marty Humphrey, Darrell McNeall and LaGregory Sapp all return second in the Southland Conference with 51 receptions. Quarterback Brian Babin after accounting for 91 percent of the receiving yards by ULM wide outs last season enters his second season as the starter for the Lions and looks to establish himself as (1,158-of-1,276); the trio also accounted for eight of the nine touchdowns scored for ULM receivers. one of the top signal-callers in the Southland Conference. The junior threw for nearly Junior cornerback Jerell Norton led the team with five interceptions last season. The 2,000 yards in 2007, recording 12 touchdowns while going nearly 195 attempts with- Razorbacks had 20 picks for the season, which is the ninth-best season total in school out an interception. history. Senior linebacker Elston Forte is one of four returning linebackers from last Keith Fitzhugh put together an impressive opening night showing as he intercepted year’s two-deep depth chart. He was second among the returnees last year with 51 two Louisiana Tech passes. The fifth and sixth pass thefts of his career, it marked the tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss. Senior nose tackle Ernest Mitchell is one of seven first time a Bulldog pulled in more than one interception in a game since Pegues picked returning lettermen on the defensive line. Of that group, he had the most tackles last off a pair of Georgia attempts in 2006. Pegues is expected back after sitting out the year (66) and tied for the most tackles for loss (10.5). opener due to suspension. He had previously started all 36 games in his career. Jamar Chaney, who led the Bulldogs with 89 tackles from his middle linebacker position a WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN ARKANSAS HAS THE BALL year ago, will miss the rest of the season due to a broken leg. Alaric Coleman was the rock of the line starting all 12 games in 2007. He has played in 24 games throughout his two-year career. Coleman tied for the team lead with 11 WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN MISSISSIPPI STATE HAS THE BALL tackles for loss. Josh Thomas started all 12 games last season and finished fourth on On defense, five starters return with junior Tommy Connors providing veteran lead- the team in tackles and seventh in tackles for a loss. He has over 100 career tackles ership at safety. Mark Newbill, who took over the starting spot at middle linebacker in 23 games and a pair of interceptions. was a second team all-Sun midway through the 2007 campaign, finished as the top freshman tackler in the Belt selection last season after leading the Warhawks in tackles. S Greg James is on Southland Conference and will be flanked by sophomore Ryan Godare and junior col- pace to set the ULM career interception record this season. lege transfer Quinten Pierre. Casey Dick threw for 25 of 41 for 318 yards and two passing touchdowns in Week Wide receiver Aubrey Bell posted career highs in both receptions (six) and yards One. He became only the 10th Razorback player to throw for over 300 yards, the first (67) in Mississippi State's game against Louisiana Tech. Bell, who started eight times since Clint Stoerner in 1999. He accounted for all four of Arkansas scores, two by air a year ago, caught 14 passes all of last season. His previous career highs were set on and two by land. Arkansas utilized eight different receivers led by Greg Childs with 88 a three-catch, 62-yard day against Jacksonville State in 2006. Junior wideout yards off six catches. D.J. Williams had five catches for 45 yards. De’Anthony Curtis led the Arkansas ground game with 36 yards on six runs. Brandon McRae joined the reception parade with a breakout four-catch, 60-yard evening. With 91 yards on 18 carries against Louisiana Tech, junior tailback Anthony SPECIAL TEAMS Dixon has now compiled 1,825 rushing yards on 474 attempts in 26 career games. Junior punter Scott Love and senior deep snapper Brandon Woodside return as the Warhawks have two-thirds of their special teams unit back. Only place kicker Cole SPECIAL TEAMS Wilson is not back from last year. Love was an all-Sun Belt punter last season for the Jeff Turner, a Preseason Third-Team All-America by , set a new Warhawks and broke the school record for punts inside the 20-yard line as the school-record for most field goals in a season (17). Turner finished second among FCS Warhawks finished 19th in the nation in net punting. kickers in field goals made and set a SLC-record of 13 consecutive field goals made. Alex Tejada had a huge impact as a freshman. Arkansas’ place kicker converted 58- Cody Samples placed 21 punts inside the opponents' 20-yard line in 2007 and is one of-60 extra point attempts and was 17-of-23 on field goals, and led the team with 109 of four Lions named to the Preseason All-Southland Conference First Team. points scored. His .739 field goal percentage was the ninth-best in school history. The Blake McAdams has started each game for the past three seasons for the Bulldogs, last Hog to make more than 17 was Todd Wright, who was 20-of-23 in 1989. Tejada and his career numbers are approaching some of the all-time records set in the SEC. was 13-of-15 from 39 yards and closer. McAdams set a new MSU school record for total punts with his 221 (previous: 217, Dana Moore, 1979-82). He is now only 56 shy of the SEC mark. SERIES/GAME NOTES Record: ARK leads 7-0 • Last: ARK 44-10 (2006 in Little Rock) SERIES/GAME NOTES ULM and Arkansas will be meeting for the eighth time in the history of the two Record: First Meeting schools, with all seven prior meetings coming between 1994 and 2006... Arkansas has Mississippi State has posted an impressive 80-25-2 (.757) record in season open- won all seven previous meetings and has scored at least 44 points in the last five...The ers since the sport originated on the campus in 1895... The Bulldogs have dropped last three meetings all took place in Little Rock after the previous four were played in Fayetteville...ULM has defeated three SEC teams since 1995, including Alabama last their last two home debuts, both against SEC competition... Prior to the most recent season in Tuscaloosa. stretch, State had won eight of nine home openers...State has compiled a 71-20-2 (.774) record in home openers against non-SEC competition. 2008 SEC Football • Page 25 Week 2

NORFOLK STATE at TULANE at ALABAMA KENTUCKY 6 p.m. CT 6 p.m. ET Tuscaloosa, Ala. Lexington, Ky. Bryant-Denny Stadium (92,138) Commonwealth Stadium Overall: 1-0 (67,606) Overall: 1-0 Overall: 0-0 LIVE TV: PPV Overall: 1-0 SEC: 0-0 SEC: 0-0 LIVE TV: PPV XM: 141 XM: 199

THE COACHES THE COACHES Pete Adrian is in his fourth season at Norfolk State with a record of 17-17 (.500) Bob Toledo is in his second season at Tulane with a record of 4-8 (.333) and in his and 11th overall with a record of 53-54-1 (.595). The Spartans’ offensive coordina- 15th season overall with a record of 81-76 (.516). The Green Wave offensive coordi- tor is Kirk Mastromatteo and the defensive coordinator is Mark DeBastiani. nator is Dan Dodd and the defensive coordinator is O’Neill Gilbert. Rich Brooks is in his sixth season at Kentucky with a record of 26-35 (.426) and Nick Saban is in his second season at Alabama with a record of 8-6 (.571) and 15th 24th overall with a record of 117-144-4 (.449). The Wildcats’ offensive coordinator overall with a record of 114-65-1 (.536). The Crimson Tide’s offensive coordinator is is Joker Phillips and the defensive coordinator is Steve Brown. Jim McElwain and the defensive coordinator is Kirby Smart .

WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN NORFOLK STATE HAS THE BALL WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN TULANE HAS THE BALL DeAngelo Branche rushed for 92 yards and three touchdowns in the season open- Seniors Michael Parenton and have been mainstays on the Tulane er. Branche, who ran for 371 yards and three scores as a freshman reserve in 2006, offensive line for the past three years and enter the 2008 campaign as two of the doubled his career touchdown total in his first action after redshirting last season. Green Wave’s most experienced players. Junior WR Jeremy Williams returns in 2008 after playing in all 12 games for the Green Wave in 2007. He earned four starts. Dennis Brown finished 12-for-30 with 126 yards, one TD and no interceptions in his Williams led the team with 46 catches, 773 receiving yards and five TDs. He has three NSU debut under center. Six of those passes and 63 yards went to wideout Jamar career 100-yard receiving performances. Johnson (Norfolk, Va.). Rashad Johnson is one of the top rated defensive backs in the SEC. He led the In the second quarter at Louisville, Myron Pryor caused a fumble that Ashton Cobb league with six interceptions in 2007 and was named to the 2008 Bronco Nagurski returned 28 yards for his first collegiate touchdown. It is Pryor's fifth caused fumble Trophy watch list and Jim Thorpe Award watch list. In 37 career games, Johnson has of his career. In the fourth quarter, Johnny Williams caused a fumble on a sack, which 135 tackles and six interceptions. Johnson led UA with 94 tackles last season. Myron Pryor returned 72 yards his first collegiate touchdown. It is Williams' third Johnson had five tackles - four solo - with an interception last week. Rolando McClain caused fumble of his career. For the game, Pryor totaled three tackles, one tackle for made three tackles vs. Clemson. loss, one caused fumble and one fumble return for a touchdown. He was named SEC Defensive Player of the Week. WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN ALABAMA HAS THE BALL Senior linebacker Evan Lee returns after leading the Green Wave in tackles last WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN KENTUCKY HAS THE BALL season with 99. Senior DE Reggie Scott has played in 21 career games, including 12 Senior All-MEAC performer Dennis Marsh anchors the Spartans’ defensive front. He starts in 2007. He received honorable mention All C-USA honors as a junior. Last sea- led all NSU linemen with 48 tackles, six behind the line of scrimmage. The Davis twins son, he recorded 27 tackles (18 solo, 9 assists) along with four sacks, nine tackles for led NSU with a combined 209 tackles last season, with Marquez making first-team All- loss, two pass break-ups and three forced fumbles. Adam Kwentua tied for second on MEAC and Maguell earning second team honors. Leading the way in the secondary are the team with four sacks while posting 20 tackles (16 solo, four assists) and five tack- Terrell Whitehead and . Whitehead was a first-team All-MEAC and third- les for loss. David Skehan led the team with four interceptions. team All-America selection last season after intercepting a MEAC-high six passes from John Parker Wilson is one of the school’s most prolific quarterbacks. After throw- his free safety position. He has nine interceptions in his two seasons at NSU. ing for 180 yards on 22-of-30 passing vs. Clemson, he became Alabama’s all-time Kentucky quarterback Mike Hartline threw for 147 yards and avoided major mis- career leader in pass completions (500) and attempts (882). Antoine Caldwell has takes in his first college start. Hartline completed 16 of 31, all career highs. Dicky started 35 games on the offensive line and has played center, guard and tackle in his Lyons had two pass receptions for 25 yards. He now has 1,513 career receiving yards, career. Mark Ingram reeled off 96 yards on 17 carries for a 5.6 yards per carry aver- moving past Felix Wilson (1,508) for sixth place on the UK career receiving list. E.J. age while Glen Coffee gained 90 yards on 17 carries as well. Adams made his first start as a wide receiver, having started previously at cornerback. Adams had his first two pass receptions, good for 17 yards. SPECIAL TEAMS Ross Thevenot is a two-year letterwinner who has played in 24 career games. He has connected on 57-of-62 PAT attempts and 22-of-33 field goal attempt. His longest SPECIAL TEAMS made field goal was 48 yards against Memphis on Oct. 27, 2007. Darren Justin Castellat is back after being named to the All-MEAC second team last sea- DeRochemont punted 30 times for 1,162 yards for an average of 38.7 last season. He son. He made 15 field goals, tied for 14th in the nation. The Spartans also return long- placed nine punts inside the opponents’ 20-yard line and recorded a career-best 57- snapper Stephen Coffin, who handled that duty exclusively as a freshman in 2007. yard punt at SMU. Redshirt freshman Billy Rudd will handle the punting duties with Brian Jackson miss- Leigh Tiffin was outstanding in the opener against Clemson, hitting on 4-of-5 field ing the season. goals, including a career-long 54-yarder. Tiffin has made 23 of his last 28 field goal continued his excellent kickoff work. Masthay, who led the attempts dating back to the Georgia game last year. His 54-yarder ranks third in Southeastern Conference in touchbacks last season, had four kickoff touchbacks Alabama history, exceeded only by a 57-yarder by his father, Van Tiffin, against Texas Sunday. Freshman Matt Roark deflected a Louisville field goal attempt in the first A&M in 1985 and a 55-yarder by Ryan Pflugner against Arkansas in 1998. quarter. It is UK's first field goal block Nov. 25, 2006 when Curtis Pulley blocked a field goal at Tennessee. Kentucky has blocked a kick in consecutive games as Roger SERIES/GAME NOTES Williams blocked a Florida State punt in the 2007 Music City Bowl. Record: UA, 26-11-3 • Last: UA, 20-10 (1994 at Legion Field in Birmingham) Alabama owns a 26-11-3 record against Tulane in a series that dates back to the SERIES/GAME NOTES 1894 season. It will be the first meeting between the two teams since the 1994 sea- Record: First Meeting son...The Crimson Tide and Green Wave played in the same conference from 1919 to The will be both the first meeting between Kentucky and Norfolk State...Kentucky 1965... Alabama joined the SIAA, which Tulane was already a member, in 1919 and has won 11 consecutive non-conference games, the longest since a 17-game win then both teams moved to the Southern Conference in 1922 where they remained streak from 1954-60...Rich Brooks now has 26 wins as head coach of the Wildcats, through the 1932 season...The two teams then played together in the SEC from 1933 moving into a tie with Bill Curry for sixth place on the UK career coaching list. through Tulane's departure following the 1965 season. 2008 SEC Football • Page 26 Week 2

TROY at LSU MIAMI (FL) at FLORIDA 7 p.m. CT 8 p.m. ET Baton Rouge, La. Gainesville, Fla. Tiger Stadium (92,400) Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field (71,228) Overall: 1-0 LIVE TV: PPV Overall: 1-0 Overall: 1-0 LIVE TV: ESPN [Brent Overall: 1-0 SEC: 0-0 Musburger, play-by-play; Kirk SEC: 0-0 XM: 144 Herbstreit, color analyst; Lisa Salters XM: 201 and Erin Andrews, sidelines] THE COACHES THE COACHES Larry Blakeney is in his 18th season at Troy and overall with a record of 137-68-1 is in his second season at Miami and overall with a record of 6-7 (.667). The Trojans’ offensive coordinator is Neal Brown and the defensive coordina- (.462). The Hurricane’s offensive coordinator is Patrick Nix and the defensive coordi- tor is Jeremy Rowell. nator is Bill Young. Les Miles is in his fourth season at LSU with a record of 35-6 (.854) and eighth Urban Meyer is in his fourth season at Florida with a record of 32-8 (.800) and in overall with a record of 63-27 (.700). The Tigers’ offensive coordinator is Gary his eighth season overall with a record of 71-16 (.816). The Gators’ offensive coordi- Crowton and the defensive coordinators are Doug Mallory and Bradley Peveto. nator is and serves as the defensive coordinator

WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN TROY HAS THE BALL WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN MIAMI HAS THE BALL Sophomore Jamie Hampton completed 17-of-28 passes in the game for 136 yards. Freshman quarterback Jacory Harris became the first freshman quarterback since in 1983 to start a season opener for Miami. Harris threw for 190 yards, He threw for one touchdown, ran for 41 yards and another score, and was intercept- going 16-of-26 with a touchdown. He also ran for a touchdown. Sophomore running ed once. It was another sophomore who led the Troy offense. Running back DuJuan back Graig Cooper also added a pair of TD’s - a 14-yard rushing TD and a 66-yard punt Harris, making his first career start, rushed for 151 yards on 19 carries and scored on return. Redshirt freshman quarterback will make his first collegiate start a run of 33 yards and a pass of five yards, before scoring his third touchdown late in against the Gators - marking the second straight week that a freshman quarterback the contest. has made his debut for the Hurricanes, an obvious rarity. Senior defensive end Tyson Jackson (36 tackles, 3.5 sacks in 2007) headlines the Florida opened the season with four interceptions against Hawaii and two were list of starters up front for the Tigers. The LSU linebacking corps will revolve around returned for touchdowns. In research dating back to 1973, UF had never run back two Darry Beckwith, who will occupy the middle for the Tigers. A second-team All-SEC interceptions for touchdowns in a single game. Ahmad Black’s 80-yard interception pick in 2007, Beckwith had 65 tackles and 6.5 tackles for loss last year. returned for a touchdown was the third-longest by any player in the SEC in records dating back to 1996. Florida’s defense has intercepted 89 passes since 2003, when WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN LSU HAS THE BALL Charlie Strong took over as defensive coordinator. Boris Lee and chased, harassed and pounded on Middle Tennessee’s quarterbacks and running backs all night, posting a combined 25 tackles, 2.5 sacks WHAT TO LOOK FOR WHEN FLORIDA HAS THE BALL and 5.5 tackles for loss in leading the Trojans to a 31-17 victory over the Blue Raiders. Defensively, the Hurricanes held Charleston Southern to 126 total yards. Woods ended the night 14 tackles (10 solo), two sacks and three tackles for losses. Linebackers Colin McCarthy, Darryl Sharpton and each had five tackles Meanwhile, Lee finished with 11 tackles (six solo), 0.5 sacks and 2.5 tackles for loss- while linebacker Spencer Adkins added two sacks. Miami's defense held Charleston es. Southern to 49 yards rushing - the least allowed by a Hurricane defense since holding Charles Scott rushed for a career-best 160 yards and two touchdowns. Scott, who Boston College to just 24 yards rushing in a 17-14 win on Nov. 23, 2006. was tabbed the starter in a loaded LSU backfield, took the first two handoffs from Tim Tebow has not thrown an interception in his last three outings, which is his starting quarterback Andrew Hatch and marched 64 yards for the game's first score. longest streak as a starting quarterback. Tim Tebow is Florida’s active career leader He also scored the last of LSU's four first-half TD's with a 29-yard scamper. Hatch, a in rushing yards with 1,533, which is a school record for rushing yards by a quarter- back. Florida’s running backs opened the season by accounting for 187 yards on 21 redshirt sophomore starting his first game as a Tiger, was 7-of-14 for 77 yards and a carries (8.9 yards per carry) and they had three touchdowns. Against Hawaii, Jeff touchdown. Brandon LaFell caught a team-high four passes for 87 yards and two Demps had a 62-yard touchdown run. He rushed for more yards on that carry than the touchdowns. entire Hawaii offense did during the game. Demps’ run was the third-longest by a UF freshman in the last 21 years. SPECIAL TEAMS Junior Sam Glusman, a former walk-on from Mobile, will handle PATs and short SPECIAL TEAMS field goals for the Trojans. Glusman has been consistent from close range during camp, Cooper's 66-yard punt return for a touchdown marked the first of his career. but started expanding his distance toward the end of training camp, making field goals Cooper is the first Hurricane since Devin Hester against Temple on Oct. 15, 2005 to from 45 yards and beyond on a regular basis. Newcomer Jorrick Calvin, a defensive return a punt for a touchdown. Matt Bosher serves as both the punter and placekick- back with return experience in junior college, will get the first chance to return punts, er in 2008. He averaged 40.2 yards on 58 punts and nine kicks inside the 20 and 19 with sophomore receiver Jerrel Jernigan also in line to return punts. fair catches last season. The LSU special teams have been one of the strengths of the team and that should With four punt returns for 95 yards against Hawaii, Brandon James moved up to continue in 2008 with the return of All-SEC place kicker Colt David and return spe- third in career punt return yardage (712). James’ 74-yard punt return for a touchdown cialist . David set both LSU and SEC records a year ago with 147 total was the third of his career, which is one shy of the school record. had a points, which included kicking a school-record 26 field goals. He has battled injury 53.0-yard average on four punts against Hawaii, with a career-long of 60 yards. early this fall. Holliday will continue to return kickoffs for the Tigers after a 26.2 yards Florida has not attempted a field goal in 2008. per return average a year ago. SERIES/GAME NOTES SERIES/GAME NOTES Record: UM, 28-25 • Last: UM, 27-10 (2004 at Peach Bowl) Record: LSU 1-0 • Last: LSU, 24-20 (2004 at Baton Rouge) Florida looks for its first win over Miami (Fla.) since Sept. 7, 1985 (35-23 in Miami) In the first and only meeting between LSU and Troy, the Tigers prevailed in a tight and its first win in Gainesville since the 1983 season opener on Sept. 3 (28-3)...No Florida coach has ever defeated Miami (Fla.) in the first game between the two in homecoming contest, 24-20 in 2004...For further updates regarding the status of this Gainesville...The game is Tim Tebow’s first against the Hurricanes. ballgame due to Hurricane Gustav, visit www.LSUSports.net. 2008 Southeastern Conference Football Team Statistics Through games of Sep 01, 2008 - ( ) Indicates NCAA Ranking

SCORING OFFENSE G TD FG XPT 2XP DXP Saf Pts Avg/G RUSHING OFFENSE G Att. Yards Avg/A Long TD Avg/G

1. Florida (4) 1 8 0 8 0 0 0 56 56.0 1. Auburn (9) 1 46 321 7.0 49 1 321.0

2. Georgia (21) 1 6 1 6 0 0 0 45 45.0 2. Vanderbilt (13) 1 50 269 5.4 59 3 269.0

3. LSU (29) 1 5 2 5 0 0 0 41 41.0 3. LSU (15) 1 40 266 6.7 56 2 266.0

Ole Miss (29) 1 5 2 5 0 0 0 41 41.0 4. Florida (20) 1 38 255 6.7 62 4 255.0

5. S. Carolina (46) 1 4 2 4 0 0 0 34 34.0 5. Alabama (26) 1 50 239 4.8 28 1 239.0

Auburn (46) 1 4 2 4 0 0 0 34 34.0 6. Ole Miss (38) 1 36 216 6.0 36 3 216.0

Vanderbilt (46) 1 4 2 4 0 0 0 34 34.0 7. Georgia (39) 1 32 212 6.6 27 3 212.0

Alabama (46) 1 3 4 2 1 0 0 34 34.0 8. Tennessee 1 34 177 5.2 41 2 177.0

9. Arkansas (58) 1 4 0 4 0 0 0 28 28.0 9. S. Carolina (50) 1 42 171 4.1 50 2 171.0

10. Kentucky 1 3 2 3 0 0 0 27 27.0 10. Miss. State (78) 1 31 91 2.9 31 1 91.0

11. Tennessee 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 24 24.0 11. Arkansas (87) 1 21 76 3.6 23 2 76.0

12. Miss. State (85) 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 14 14.0 12. Kentucky 1 33 63 1.9 13 1 63.0

SCORING DEFENSE G TD FG XPT 2XP DXP Saf Pts Avg/G RUSHING DEFENSE G Att. Yards Avg/A Long TD Avg/G

1. S. Carolina (1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1. Alabama (2) 1 14 0 0.0 8 0 0.0

Auburn (1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2. Tennessee 1 31 29 0.9 7 1 29.0

3. Kentucky 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2.0 3. LSU (19) 1 28 52 1.9 17 0 52.0

4. Alabama (23) 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 10 10.0 4. Kentucky 1 29 53 1.8 12 0 53.0

Florida (23) 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 10 10.0 5. Florida (24) 1 24 60 2.5 16 0 60.0

6. LSU (33) 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 13 13.0 6. Auburn (37) 1 30 84 2.8 19 0 84.0

Vanderbilt (33) 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 13 13.0 7. S. Carolina (41) 1 37 89 2.4 13 0 89.0

8. Georgia (54) 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 21 21.0 8. Miss. State (44) 1 32 94 2.9 11 1 94.0

9. Miss. State (59) 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 22 22.0 9. Vanderbilt (47) 1 25 96 3.8 21 0 96.0

10. Ole Miss (63) 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 24 24.0 10. Georgia (49) 1 35 102 2.9 26 2 102.0

Arkansas (63) 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 24 24.0 11. Arkansas (71) 1 46 157 3.4 15 2 157.0

12. Tennessee 1 3 2 3 0 0 0 27 27.0 12. Ole Miss (80) 1 40 188 4.7 25 1 188.0

TOTAL OFFENSE G Rush Pass Plays Yards Avg/P TD Avg/G PASS OFFENSE G Comp-Att-Int Pct. Yds Avg/A TD Avg/G

1. Georgia (14) 1 212 323 59 535 9.1 6 535.0 1. Georgia (16) 1 17-27-0 63.0 323 12.0 3 323.0

2. LSU (34) 1 266 193 64 459 7.2 5 459.0 2. Arkansas (19) 1 25-41-1 61.0 318 7.8 2 318.0

3. Ole Miss (39) 1 216 222 59 438 7.4 5 438.0 3. Miss. State (31) 1 22-40-3 55.0 257 6.4 1 257.0

4. Alabama (41) 1 239 180 80 419 5.2 3 419.0 4. Ole Miss (43) 1 11-23-0 47.8 222 9.7 2 222.0

5. Florida (45) 1 255 151 55 406 7.4 5 406.0 5. S. Carolina (59) 1 17-27-4 63.0 198 7.3 2 198.0

Auburn (45) 1 321 85 73 406 5.6 2 406.0 6. LSU (60) 1 13-24-1 54.2 193 8.0 3 193.0

7. Arkansas (50) 1 76 318 62 394 6.4 4 394.0 7. Tennessee 1 19-42-1 45.2 189 4.5 0 189.0

8. S. Carolina (60) 1 171 198 69 369 5.3 4 369.0 8. Alabama (66) 1 22-30-0 73.3 180 6.0 2 180.0

9. Tennessee 1 177 189 76 366 4.8 2 366.0 9. Florida (78) 1 10-17-0 58.8 151 8.9 1 151.0

10. Vanderbilt (64) 1 269 91 66 360 5.5 4 360.0 10. Kentucky 1 16-31-0 51.6 147 4.7 0 147.0

11. Miss. State (68) 1 91 257 71 348 4.9 2 348.0 11. Vanderbilt (94) 1 9-16-0 56.2 91 5.7 1 91.0

12. Kentucky 1 63 147 64 210 3.3 1 210.0 12. Auburn (97) 1 13-27-1 48.1 85 3.1 1 85.0

TOTAL DEFENSE G Rush Pass Plays Yards Avg/P TD Avg/G PASS DEFENSE G Comp-Att-Int Pct. Yds Avg/A TD Avg/G

1. S. Carolina (9) 1 89 49 57 138 2.4 0 138.0 1. S. Carolina (4) 1 5-20-2 25.0 49 2.5 0 49.0

2. Alabama (14) 1 0 188 48 188 3.9 0 188.0 2. Arkansas (21) 1 10-26-0 38.5 105 4.0 1 105.0

3. Kentucky 1 53 152 72 205 2.8 0 205.0 3. Auburn (31) 1 20-38-0 52.6 136 3.6 0 136.0

4. Auburn (20) 1 84 136 68 220 3.2 0 220.0 4. Kentucky 1 20-43-3 46.5 152 3.5 0 152.0

5. LSU (24) 1 52 187 61 239 3.9 1 239.0 5. Miss. State (47) 1 14-41-2 34.1 175 4.3 1 175.0

6. Florida (26) 1 60 181 63 241 3.8 1 241.0 6. Florida (49) 1 21-39-4 53.8 181 4.6 1 181.0

7. Arkansas (38) 1 157 105 72 262 3.6 3 262.0 7. LSU (50) 1 14-33-0 42.4 187 5.7 1 187.0

8. Miss. State (40) 1 94 175 73 269 3.7 2 269.0 8. Alabama (51) 1 20-34-1 58.8 188 5.5 0 188.0

9. Tennessee 1 29 259 74 288 3.9 2 288.0 9. Georgia (51) 1 19-36-1 52.8 188 5.2 1 188.0

10. Georgia (47) 1 102 188 71 290 4.1 3 290.0 10. Vanderbilt (79) 1 19-42-3 45.2 244 5.8 1 244.0

11. Vanderbilt (60) 1 96 244 67 340 5.1 1 340.0 11. Tennessee 1 25-43-4 58.1 259 6.0 1 259.0

12. Ole Miss (88) 1 188 265 84 453 5.4 3 453.0 12. Ole Miss (88) 1 24-44-2 54.5 265 6.0 2 265.0 2008 Southeastern Conference Football Team Statistics Through games of Sep 01, 2008

PASS EFFICIENCY G Comp-Att-Int Pct. Yds Avg/G TD Effic. INTERCEPTIONS G No. Yards TD Long Avg.

1. Georgia (5) 1 17-27-0 63.0 323 323.0 3 200.1 1. Florida 1 4 112 2 80 28.0

2. Ole Miss (26) 1 11-23-0 47.8 222 222.0 2 157.6 2. Tennessee 1 4 66 1 61 16.5

3. LSU (29) 1 13-24-1 54.2 193 193.0 3 154.6 3. Kentucky 1 3 24 0 24 8.0

4. Florida (49) 1 10-17-0 58.8 151 151.0 1 152.8 4. Vanderbilt 1 3 1 0 1 0.3

5. Alabama (41) 1 22-30-0 73.3 180 180.0 2 145.7 5. S. Carolina 1 2 10 0 10 5.0

6. Arkansas (47) 1 25-41-1 61.0 318 318.0 2 137.3 6. Miss. State 1 2 11 0 11 5.5

7. Vanderbilt (59) 1 9-16-0 56.2 91 91.0 1 124.6 7. Ole Miss 1 2 34 0 33 17.0

8. S. Carolina (62) 1 17-27-4 63.0 198 198.0 2 119.4 8. Alabama 1 1 7 0 7 7.0

9. Miss. State (79) 1 22-40-3 55.0 257 257.0 1 102.2 9. Georgia 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 10. Kentucky 1 16-31-0 51.6 147 147.0 0 91.4 Arkansas 1 0 0 0 0 0.0

11. Auburn (98) 1 13-27-1 48.1 85 85.0 1 79.4 Auburn 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 12. Tennessee 1 19-42-1 45.2 189 189.0 0 78.3 LSU 1 0 0 0 0 0.0

PASS DEFENSE EFFIC. G Comp-Att-Int Pct. Yds Avg/G TD Effic. PUNTING G No. Yards Avg/P Ret. Avg/R TB Net/P

1. S. Carolina (3) 1 5-20-2 25.0 49 49.0 0 25.6 1. Auburn (14) 1 7 304 43.4 9 1.3 0 42.1

2. Kentucky 1 20-43-3 46.5 152 152.0 0 62.3 2. Florida (35) 1 4 212 53.0 -2 -0.5 3 38.5

3. Miss. State (11) 1 14-41-2 34.1 175 175.0 1 68.3 3. Ole Miss (37) 1 3 119 39.7 4 1.3 0 38.3

4. Florida (17) 1 21-39-4 53.8 181 181.0 1 80.8 4. Vanderbilt (40) 1 4 161 40.2 9 2.2 0 38.0

5. Auburn (19) 1 20-38-0 52.6 136 136.0 0 82.7 5. Arkansas (40) 1 3 114 38.0 0 0.0 0 38.0

6. Arkansas (22) 1 10-26-0 38.5 105 105.0 1 85.1 6. Georgia (60) 1 4 150 37.5 14 3.5 0 34.0

7. Vanderbilt (24) 1 19-42-3 45.2 244 244.0 1 87.6 7. Kentucky 1 7 296 42.3 0 0.0 3 33.7

8. Tennessee 1 25-43-4 58.1 259 259.0 1 97.8 8. S. Carolina (68) 1 3 137 45.7 0 0.0 2 32.3

9. Alabama (35) 1 20-34-1 58.8 188 188.0 0 99.4 9. Alabama (69) 1 2 73 36.5 9 4.5 0 32.0

10. LSU (36) 1 14-33-0 42.4 187 187.0 1 100.0 10. LSU (92) 1 5 147 29.4 14 2.8 0 26.6

11. Georgia (37) 1 19-36-1 52.8 188 188.0 1 100.3 11. Miss. State (94) 1 7 223 31.9 41 5.9 0 26.0

12. Ole Miss (54) 1 24-44-2 54.5 265 265.0 2 111.0 12. Tennessee 1 7 234 33.4 50 7.1 1 23.4

KICKOFF RETURNS G No. Yards TD Long Avg. KICKOFF COVERAGE G No. Yards Avg. Ret. TB NetAvg 1. Tennessee 1 5 142 0 43 28.4 1. Kentucky 1 7 492 70.3 34 4 54.0

2. S. Carolina (40) 1 1 23 0 23 23.0 2. S. Carolina 1 7 489 69.9 55 4 50.6

3. Arkansas (48) 1 4 88 0 32 22.0 3. Miss. State 1 3 190 63.3 39 0 50.3

4. Vanderbilt (50) 1 4 84 0 30 21.0 4. Ole Miss 1 8 511 63.9 127 1 45.5

5. Alabama (55) 1 3 61 0 32 20.3 5. Tennessee 1 4 247 61.8 47 1 45.0

6. Miss. State (60) 1 5 98 0 23 19.6 6. Auburn 1 7 471 67.3 139 1 44.6

7. LSU (61) 1 4 78 0 33 19.5 7. LSU 1 8 444 55.5 89 0 44.4

8. Auburn (75) 1 1 18 0 18 18.0 8. Vanderbilt 1 7 447 63.9 159 0 41.1

9. Ole Miss (76) 1 3 53 0 28 17.7 9. Arkansas 1 5 288 57.6 85 0 40.6

10. Kentucky 1 1 16 0 16 16.0 10. Georgia 1 8 471 58.9 128 1 40.4

11. Georgia (86) 1 4 63 0 23 15.8 11. Florida 1 9 489 54.3 150 0 37.7 12. Florida 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 12. Alabama 1 7 427 61.0 188 0 34.1

PUNT RETURN AVG G No. Yards TD Long Avg. FIELD GOALS G Made Att Pct.

1. Vanderbilt (10) 1 5 120 0 91 24.0 1. LSU 1 2 2 1.000

2. Florida (11) 1 4 95 1 74 23.8 S. Carolina 1 2 2 1.000

3. Auburn (12) 1 3 68 1 66 22.7 Vanderbilt 1 2 2 1.000

4. Georgia (15) 1 4 86 0 37 21.5 Ole Miss 1 2 2 1.000

5. Tennessee 1 3 49 0 33 16.3 Georgia 1 1 1 1.000

6. LSU (29) 1 3 40 0 21 13.3 6. Alabama 1 4 5 . 8 0 0

7. Alabama (33) 1 2 23 0 22 11.5 7. Auburn 1 2 3 . 6 6 7

8. S. Carolina (35) 1 3 34 0 17 11.3 Kentucky 1 2 3 . 6 6 7

9. Kentucky 1 6 64 0 22 10.7 9. Tennessee 1 1 4 . 2 5 0

10. Arkansas (54) 1 2 14 0 8 7.0 10. Florida 1 0 0 . 0 0 0

11. Miss. State (79) 1 4 1 0 5 0.2 Miss. State 1 0 0 . 0 0 0 12. Ole Miss 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 Arkansas 1 0 0 . 0 0 0 2008 Southeastern Conference Football Team Statistics Through games of Sep 01, 2008

PAT KICKING G Made Att Pct. OPPONENT 1ST DOWNS G Rush Pass Pen Total Avg/G 1. Florida 1 8 8 1.000 1. S. Carolina 1 6 3 1 10 10.0 Georgia 1 6 6 1.000 2. LSU 1 2 8 1 11 11.0 LSU 1 5 5 1.000 Alabama 1 2 8 1 11 11.0 Ole Miss 1 5 5 1.000 4. Auburn 1 3 8 1 12 12.0 Arkansas 1 4 4 1.000 5. Florida 1 4 8 4 16 16.0 Vanderbilt 1 4 4 1.000 Miss. State 1 6 8 2 16 16.0 S. Carolina 1 4 4 1.000 Kentucky 1 4 9 3 16 16.0 Auburn 1 4 4 1.000 8. Arkansas 1 10 6 1 17 17.0 Kentucky 1 3 3 1.000 Vanderbilt 1 6 10 1 17 17.0 Tennessee 1 3 3 1.000 10. Georgia 1 5 10 3 18 18.0 Alabama 1 2 2 1.000 11. Tennessee 1 4 15 1 20 20.0 Miss. State 1 2 2 1.000 12. Ole Miss 1 13 11 4 28 28.0

SACKS BY G No. Yards Avg/G 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS G Conv. Att. Pct. 1. Florida 1 4 28 4.00 1. Alabama 1 11 17 64.7 2. Vanderbilt 1 3 27 3.00 2. Arkansas 1 7 11 63.6 Alabama 1 3 28 3.00 3. Ole Miss 1 7 12 58.3 Georgia 1 3 18 3.00 4. Vanderbilt 1 8 15 53.3 LSU 1 3 13 3.00 5. Florida 1 5 10 50.0 6. Auburn 1 2 11 2.00 6. Georgia 1 4 9 44.4 Kentucky 1 2 17 2.00 7. LSU 1 5 14 35.7 S. Carolina 1 2 14 2.00 S. Carolina 1 5 14 35.7 9. Tennessee 1 1 9 1.00 9. Miss. State 1 5 15 33.3 Arkansas 1 1 1 1.00 Auburn 1 5 15 33.3 11. Miss. State 1 0 0 0.00 11. Tennessee 1 5 17 29.4 Ole Miss 1 0 0 0.00 12. Kentucky 1 4 16 25.0

SACKS AGAINST G No. Yards Avg/G OPP 3RD-DN CONVERT G Conv. Att. Pct. 1. Alabama 1 0 0 0.00 1. Alabama 1 1 9 11.1 Ole Miss 1 0 0 0.00 Auburn 1 2 18 11.1 3. Georgia 1 1 2 1.00 3. LSU 1 2 14 14.3 LSU 1 1 6 1.00 4. Florida 1 2 11 18.2 Auburn 1 1 3 1.00 5. Georgia 1 4 16 25.0 Tennessee 1 1 8 1.00 6. Vanderbilt 1 4 15 26.7 Kentucky 1 1 11 1.00 7. S. Carolina 1 4 14 28.6 Florida 1 1 8 1.00 8. Kentucky 1 5 16 31.2 9. Vanderbilt 1 2 11 2.00 9. Miss. State 1 6 18 33.3 10. Miss. State 1 3 16 3.00 10. Arkansas 1 7 17 41.2 11. Arkansas 1 4 35 4.00 11. Tennessee 1 9 19 47.4 12. S. Carolina 1 5 16 5.00 12. Ole Miss 1 8 16 50.0

FIRST DOWNS G Rush Pass Pen Total Avg/G 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS G Conv. Att. Pct. 1. Alabama 1 13 10 2 25 25.0 1. Florida 1 1 1 100.0 2. Arkansas 1 6 17 1 24 24.0 Tennessee 1 1 1 100.0 3. Miss. State 1 7 14 0 21 21.0 Arkansas 1 1 1 100.0 4. Tennessee 1 9 10 1 20 20.0 Miss. State 1 1 1 100.0 Florida 1 11 7 2 20 20.0 LSU 1 1 1 100.0 LSU 1 12 7 1 20 20.0 S. Carolina 1 3 3 100.0 Georgia 1 9 11 0 20 20.0 7. Ole Miss 1 0 0 0.0 S. Carolina 1 7 12 1 20 20.0 Kentucky 1 0 0 0.0 9. Ole Miss 1 10 9 0 19 19.0 Vanderbilt 1 0 1 0.0 Auburn 1 16 3 0 19 19.0 Georgia 1 0 0 0.0 11. Vanderbilt 1 12 5 0 17 17.0 Auburn 1 0 0 0.0 12. Kentucky 1 3 5 5 13 13.0 Alabama 1 0 0 0.0 2008 Southeastern Conference Football Team Statistics Through games of Sep 01, 2008

OPP 4TH-DN CONVERT G Conv. Att. Pct. Gained Lost 1. LSU 1 0 2 0.0 TURNOVER MARGIN Fum Int Tot Fum Int Tot Margin Per/G

Tennessee 1 0 0 0.0 1. Florida (1) 1 2 4 6 0 0 0 +6 6.00 Kentucky 1 0 1 0.0 2. Kentucky 1 2 3 5 1 0 1 +4 4.00 Florida 1 0 1 0.0 3. Tennessee 1 0 4 4 1 1 2 +2 2.00

S. Carolina 1 0 1 0.0 Ole Miss (11) 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 +2 2.00

6. Auburn 1 1 2 50.0 Alabama (11) 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 +2 2.00

Vanderbilt 1 1 2 50.0 6. Vanderbilt (26) 1 0 3 3 2 0 2 +1 1.00

Alabama 1 1 2 50.0 Auburn (26) 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 +1 1.00

Arkansas 1 2 4 50.0 8. Georgia (40) 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 +0 0.00

Ole Miss 1 2 4 50.0 S. Carolina (40) 1 2 2 4 0 4 4 +0 0.00

11. Georgia 1 2 2 100.0 10. LSU (68) 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -1.00

Miss. State 1 1 1 100.0 11. Miss. State (81) 1 1 2 3 2 3 5 -2 -2.00

12. Arkansas (94) 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 -3 -3.00 PENALTIES G No. Yards Avg/G 1. Vanderbilt 1 2 25 25.0 RED ZONE OFFENSE G Scores Pct. TDs (R-P) FGs TurnO Arkansas 1 4 25 25.0 1. Alabama 1 6-6 100.0 3 1-2 3-3 0 3. Alabama 1 6 40 40.0 Vanderbilt 1 6-6 100.0 4 3-1 2-2 0 4. Ole Miss 1 4 45 45.0 S. Carolina 1 5-5 100.0 4 2-2 1-1 0 5. Auburn 1 7 55 55.0 LSU 1 4-4 100.0 2 1-1 2-2 0 Tennessee 1 9 55 55.0 Georgia 1 4-4 100.0 4 2-2 0-0 0 7. S. Carolina 1 7 58 58.0 Ole Miss 1 4-4 100.0 3 2-1 1-1 0 8. LSU 1 8 59 59.0 Kentucky 1 3-3 100.0 1 1-0 2-2 0 9. Miss. State 1 10 64 64.0 Arkansas 1 2-2 100.0 2 1-1 0-0 0 10. Kentucky 1 9 67 67.0 Florida 1 2-2 100.0 2 2-0 0-0 0 11. Georgia 1 11 70 70.0 10. Auburn 1 4-5 80.0 2 1-1 2-3 0 12. Florida 1 13 90 90.0 11. Tennessee 1 3-4 75.0 2 2-0 1-1 1 12. Miss. State 1 2-3 66.7 2 1-1 0-0 1 OPPONENT PENALTIES G No. Yards Avg/G 1. Kentucky 1 6 61 61.0 RED ZONE DEFENSE G Scores Pct. TDs (R-P) FGs TurnO 2. Florida 1 7 60 60.0 1. Kentucky 1 0-1 0.0 0 0-0 0-0 1 3. Ole Miss 1 8 50 50.0 Auburn 1 0-1 0.0 0 0-0 0-0 0 4. Vanderbilt 1 7 45 45.0 S. Carolina 1 0-0 0.0 0 0-0 0-0 0 5. Alabama 1 6 43 43.0 4. Georgia 1 2-4 50.0 2 2-0 0-1 1 6. Arkansas 1 8 42 42.0 5. Vanderbilt 1 2-3 66.7 0 0-0 2-2 1 7. Miss. State 1 6 35 35.0 6. Arkansas 1 3-4 75.0 3 2-1 0-0 0 S. Carolina 1 4 35 35.0 Miss. State 1 3-4 75.0 2 1-1 1-1 1 9. LSU 1 4 30 30.0 8. Alabama 1 1-1 100.0 0 0-0 1-1 0 10. Tennessee 1 2 25 25.0 Florida 1 2-2 100.0 1 0-1 1-1 0 11. Auburn 1 4 20 20.0 LSU 1 2-2 100.0 0 0-0 2-2 0 12. Georgia 1 3 15 15.0 Ole Miss 1 2-2 100.0 2 1-1 0-0 0 Tennessee 1 3-3 100.0 2 1-1 1-1 0 TIME OF POSSESSION G Total possesion Avgerage/game 1. Alabama 1 41:13 41:13 ON-SIDE KICKS BY G Recovered Attempts Success% 2. S. Carolina 1 34:57 34:57 1. Kentucky 1 0 0 0.0 3. Vanderbilt 1 32:43 32:43 Auburn 1 0 0 0.0 4. Kentucky 1 32:40 32:40 S. Carolina 1 0 0 0.0 5. LSU 1 31:48 31:48 Georgia 1 0 0 0.0 6. Miss. State 1 31:25 31:25 Vanderbilt 1 0 0 0.0 7. Tennessee 1 29:51 29:51 Arkansas 1 0 0 0.0 8. Auburn 1 28:51 28:51 Miss. State 1 0 0 0.0 9. Georgia 1 26:52 26:52 Alabama 1 0 0 0.0 10. Ole Miss 1 26:20 26:20 Florida 1 0 0 0.0 11. Florida 1 26:00 26:00 LSU 1 0 0 0.0 12. Arkansas 1 23:17 23:17 Ole Miss 1 0 0 0.0 Tennessee 1 0 0 0.0 2008 Southeastern Conference Football Individual Statistics Through games of Sep 01, 2008

RUSHING Cl G Att. Yds Avg. TD Lg Avg/G TOTAL OFFENSE Cl G Rush Pass Plays Total Yds/G

1. Nickson,Chris-VU (9) Sr 1 20 166 8.3 2 59 166.0 1. Casey Dick-AR (15) Fr 1 12 318 48 330 330.0

2. Charles Scott-LS (10) Jr 1 16 160 10.0 2 56 160.0 2. M. Stafford-UG (24) Jr 1 0 275 24 275 275.0

3. Ben Tate-AU (22) Jr 1 13 115 8.8 0 49 115.0 3. Nickson,Chris-VU (30) Sr 1 166 91 36 257 257.0

4. Mike Davis-SC (34) Sr 1 14 101 7.2 1 50 101.0 4. J. Wilson-UA (52) Sr 1 19 180 34 199 199.0

5. Mark Ingram-UA (37) Fr 1 17 96 5.6 0 28 96.0 5. J. Crompton-UT Jr 1 3 189 47 192 192.0

Arian Foster-UT Sr 1 13 96 7.4 0 41 96.0 6. Snead,Jevan-UM (61) So 1 -2 185 23 183 183.0

7. Caleb King-UG (38) Fr 1 12 95 7.9 0 27 95.0 7. Wesley Carroll-MS (66) So 1 4 172 27 176 176.0

8. Anthony Dixon-MS (42) Jr 1 18 91 5.1 0 31 91.0 8. Tebow, T.-UF (69) Jr 1 37 137 23 174 174.0

9. Glen Coffee-UA (44) Jr 1 17 90 5.3 0 18 90.0 9. Charles Scott-LS (77) Jr 1 160 0 16 160 160.0

10. Bolden,Brandon-UM (63) Fr 1 8 76 9.5 1 36 76.0 10. Mike Hartline-UK So 1 -13 147 33 134 134.0

PASSING AVG/GAME Cl G Comp-Att-Int Yds TD Avg/G SCORING Cl G TD FG XPT 2XP Pts Pts/G

1. Casey Dick-AR Fr 1 25-41-1 318 2 318.0 1. Knowshon Moreno-UG (2) So 1 3 0 0 0 18 18.0

2. M. Stafford-UG Jr 1 13-21-0 275 2 275.0 2. Leigh Tiffin-UA (13) Jr 1 0 4 2 0 14 14.0

3. J. Crompton-UT Jr 1 19-41-1 189 0 189.0 3. Charles Scott-LS (19) Jr 1 2 0 0 0 12 12.0

4. Snead,Jevan-UM So 1 10-22-0 185 2 185.0 Nickson,Chris-VU (19) Sr 1 2 0 0 0 12 12.0

5. J. Wilson-UA Sr 1 22-30-0 180 2 180.0 M. Hardesty-UT Jr 1 2 0 0 0 12 12.0

6. Wesley Carroll-MS So 1 12-25-3 172 1 172.0 Brandon LaFell-LS (19) Jr 1 2 0 0 0 12 12.0

7. Mike Hartline-UK So 1 16-31-0 147 0 147.0 Casey Dick-AR (19) Fr 1 2 0 0 0 12 12.0

8. Tebow, T.-UF Jr 1 9-14-0 137 1 137.0 Hodge,Shay-UM (19) Jr 1 2 0 0 0 12 12.0

9. -LS Fr 1 6-10-1 116 2 116.0 James, B.-UF (19) Jr 1 2 0 0 0 12 12.0

10. Tommy Beecher-SC Jr 1 12-22-4 106 0 106.0 10. Shene,Joshua-UM (93) Jr 1 0 2 5 0 11 11.0

PASS EFFICIENCY Cl G Comp-Att-Int Yds TD Eff. SCORING (TDs) Cl G TD Run Pass Ret Pat Pts Avg/G 1. Bolden,Brandon-UM Fr 1 1-1-0 37 0 410.8 1. Knowshon Moreno-UG So 1 3 3 0 0 0 18 18.0 2. Chris Smelley-SC So 1 5-5-0 92 2 386.6 2. Casey Dick-AR Fr 1 2 2 0 0 0 12 12.0 3. Jarrett Lee-LS Fr 1 6-10-1 116 2 203.4 Brandon LaFell-LS Jr 1 2 0 2 0 0 12 12.0

4. M. Stafford-UG (6) Jr 1 13-21-0 275 2 203.3 Charles Scott-LS Jr 1 2 2 0 0 0 12 12.0 5. Joe Cox-UG Jr 1 4-6-0 48 1 188.9 M. Hardesty-UT Jr 1 2 2 0 0 0 12 12.0 6. Tebow, T.-UF Jr 1 9-14-0 137 1 170.1 James, B.-UF Jr 1 2 1 0 1 0 12 12.0

7. Snead,Jevan-UM (35) So 1 10-22-0 185 2 146.1 Nickson,Chris-VU Sr 1 2 2 0 0 0 12 12.0

8. J. Wilson-UA (36) Sr 1 22-30-0 180 2 145.7 Hodge,Shay-UM Jr 1 2 0 2 0 0 12 12.0

9. Casey Dick-AR (41) Fr 1 25-41-1 318 2 137.3 9. Nevin McKenzie-UT Sr 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 6.0

10. Nickson,Chris-VU (54) Sr 1 9-16-0 91 1 124.6 Taylor Rank-SC Jr 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 6.0

RECEPTIONS/GAME Cl G No. Yds TD Lg Yds/G Rec/G SCORING (KICK) Cl G PAT FG Pts Avg/G

1. Nick Walker-UA (24) Sr 1 7 67 1 21 67.0 7.0 1. Leigh Tiffin-UA Jr 1 2-2 4-5 14 14.0

2. Greg Childs-AR (41) Fr 1 6 88 1 26 88.0 6.0 2. Shene,Joshua-UM Jr 1 5-5 2-2 11 11.0

Aubrey Bell-MS (41) Sr 1 6 67 0 22 67.0 6.0 -LS So 1 5-5 2-2 11 11.0

Kenny McKinley-SC (41) Sr 1 6 37 0 10 37.0 6.0 4. Ryan Succop-SC Sr 1 4-4 2-2 10 10.0

5. Delmon Robinson-MS (74) Fr 1 5 63 0 25 63.0 5.0 Wes Byrum-AU So 1 4-4 2-3 10 10.0

R. Smith-AU (74) Sr 1 5 57 0 33 57.0 5.0 Hahnfeldt,B-VU Sr 1 4-4 2-2 10 10.0

DJ Williams-AR (74) So 1 5 45 0 15 45.0 5.0 7. Blair Walsh-UG Fr 1 6-6 1-1 9 9.0 8. Brandon LaFell-LS Jr 1 4 87 2 39 87.0 4.0 Lones Seiber-UK Jr 1 3-3 2-3 9 9.0 McCluster,D.-UM Jr 1 4 61 0 28 61.0 4.0 9. Phillips, J.-UF Sr 1 8-8 0-0 8 8.0 Brandon McRae-MS Jr 1 4 60 1 24 60.0 4.0 10. Daniel Lincoln-UT So 1 3-3 1-4 6 6.0

RECEIVE YDS/GAME Cl G No. Yds TD Lg Avg/C Yds/G PUNT RETURN AVG Cl G No. Yds TD Long Avg/G

1. Greg Childs-AR (44) Fr 1 6 88 1 26 14.7 88.0 1. Moore,DJ-VU (4) Jr 1 3 98 0 91 32.7

2. Brandon LaFell-LS (46) Jr 1 4 87 2 39 21.8 87.0 2. James, B.-UF (7) Jr 1 4 95 1 74 23.8

3. Hodge,Shay-UM (56) Jr 1 2 79 2 64 39.5 79.0 3. Robert Dunn-AU (8) Sr 1 3 68 1 66 22.7

4. Kris Durham-UG (62) Jr 1 3 74 1 61 24.7 74.0 4. Asher Allen-UG (16) Jr 1 3 54 0 37 18.0

5. Lucas Miller-AR (72) Jr 1 3 67 0 24 22.3 67.0 5. Chad Jones-LS (24) So 1 3 40 0 21 13.3

Nick Walker-UA (72) Sr 1 7 67 1 21 9.6 67.0 6. Javier Arenas-UA (27) Jr 1 2 23 0 22 11.5

Aubrey Bell-MS (72) Sr 1 6 67 0 22 11.2 67.0 7. C. Munnerlyn-SC (28) Jr 1 3 34 0 17 11.3

8. Delmon Robinson-MS (85) Fr 1 5 63 0 25 12.6 63.0 8. Cole,John-VU (31) Fr 1 2 22 0 13 11.0

9. McCluster,D.-UM (95) Jr 1 4 61 0 28 15.2 61.0 9. Dicky Lyons-UK Sr 1 6 64 0 22 10.7

10. Brandon McRae-MS (100) Jr 1 4 60 1 24 15.0 60.0 10. Dennis Rogan-UT So 1 2 16 0 10 8.0 2008 Southeastern Conference Football Individual Statistics Through games of Sep 01, 2008

KICK RETURN AVG Cl G No. Yds TD Long Avg/G 1. Gerald Jones-UT So 1 2 76 0 43 38.0 2. Dennis Rogan-UT So 1 2 50 0 29 25.0

3. Tr. Holliday-LS (24) Jr 1 2 48 0 33 24.0

4. Elton Ford-AR (32) Fr 1 3 70 0 32 23.3

5. Wade Bonner-MS (41) Fr 1 3 64 0 23 21.3

6. Walker,Sean-VU (43) Sr 1 4 84 0 30 21.0

7. Javier Arenas-UA (52) Jr 1 2 40 0 32 20.0

8. Bolden,Brandon-UM (67) Fr 1 3 53 0 28 17.7

9. Ramarcus Brown-UG (77) Sr 1 3 49 0 23 16.3

ALL PURPOSE Cl G Rush Rcv PR KR Yds Avg/G

1. Charles Scott-LS (25) Jr 1 160 14 0 0 174 174.0

2. Nickson,Chris-VU (30) Sr 1 166 0 0 0 166 166.0

3. Walker,Sean-V (32) Sr 1 26 53 0 84 163 163.0 4. Gerald Jones-UT So 1 11 40 33 76 160 160.0

5. Mike Davis-SC (64) Sr 1 101 31 0 0 132 132.0

6. Bolden,Brandon-UM (69) Fr 1 76 0 0 53 129 129.0

7. McCluster,D.-UM (73) Jr 1 64 61 0 0 125 125.0

8. James, B.-UF (83) Jr 1 16 10 95 0 121 121.0

9. Ben Tate-AU (86) Jr 1 115 5 0 0 120 120.0 10. Knowshon Moreno-UG So 1 59 53 0 0 112 112.0

PUNTING Cl G No. Yds Lg I20 50+ TB Avg.

1. Henry, C.-UF (2) So 1 4 212 60 1 3 3 53.0

2. Spencer Lanning-SC So 1 3 137 49 0 0 2 45.7

3. Clinton Durst-AU (21) Fr 1 7 304 58 4 2 0 43.4

4. Tim Masthay-UK Sr 1 4 171 53 2 1 1 42.8 5. Ryan Tydlacka-UK Fr 1 3 125 47 1 0 2 41.7

6. Upson,Brett-VU (34) Jr 1 4 161 49 2 0 0 40.2 7. Park,Rob-UM Sr 1 3 119 47 0 0 0 39.7 8. Chad Cunningham-UT So 1 6 234 43 2 0 1 39.0 9. Jeremy Davis-AR Sr 1 3 114 45 0 0 0 38.0

10. Brian Mimbs-UG (51) Sr 1 4 150 44 3 0 0 37.5

FIELD GOALS Cl G Made Att. Long Pct. FG/G

1. Leigh Tiffin-UA (1) Jr 1 4 5 54 80.0 4.00

2. Hahnfeldt,B-VU (11) Sr 1 2 2 42 100.0 2.00

Josh Jasper-LS (11) So 1 2 2 33 100.0 2.00

Shene,Joshua-UM (11) Jr 1 2 2 47 100.0 2.00

Ryan Succop-SC (11) Sr 1 2 2 46 100.0 2.00 Lones Seiber-UK Jr 1 2 3 25 66.7 2.00

Wes Byrum-AU (11) So 1 2 3 33 66.7 2.00

8. Blair Walsh-UG (29) Fr 1 1 1 52 100.0 1.00 Daniel Lincoln-UT So 1 1 4 47 25.0 1.00

FIELD GOAL PCT Cl G Made Att. Long Pct. 1. Hahnfeldt,B-VU Sr 1 2 2 42 100.0 Josh Jasper-LS So 1 2 2 33 100.0 Shene,Joshua-UM Jr 1 2 2 47 100.0 Ryan Succop-SC Sr 1 2 2 46 100.0 5. Leigh Tiffin-UA Jr 1 4 5 54 80.0 6. Wes Byrum-AU So 1 2 3 33 66.7 Lones Seiber-UK Jr 1 2 3 25 66.7 8. Daniel Lincoln-UT So 1 1 4 47 25.0

PAT KICKING PCT Cl G Made Att. Pct. 1. Phillips, J.-UF Sr 1 8 8 100.0 Blair Walsh-UG Fr 1 6 6 100.0 Josh Jasper-LS So 1 5 5 100.0 Shene,Joshua-UM Jr 1 5 5 100.0 Wes Byrum-AU So 1 4 4 100.0 Hahnfeldt,B-VU Sr 1 4 4 100.0 Alex Tejada-AR So 1 4 4 100.0 Ryan Succop-SC Sr 1 4 4 100.0 Lones Seiber-UK Jr 1 3 3 100.0 Daniel Lincoln-UT So 1 3 3 100.0 2008 Southeastern Conference Football Individual Statistics Through games of Sep 01, 2008

TACKLES (All positions) Cl G Pos Solo Ast Total Avg/G SACKS Cl G Pos Solo Ast Total Avg/G 1. Sanford,Jamarca-UM Sr 1 11 2 13 13.0 1. Marsh, L.-UF So 1 DE 2 0 2.0 2.00 2. Jamar Chaney-MS Sr 1 LB 5 7 12 12.0 2. Cunningham, J.-UF Jr 1 DE 1 1 1.5 1.50 Ellix Wilson-UT Sr 1 LB 11 1 12 12.0 3. B. Deaderick-UA Jr 1 1 0 1.0 1.00 4. Jerry Franklin-AR Fr 1 MLB 3 8 11 11.0 Marve,Chris-VU Fr 1 LB 1 0 1.0 1.00 5. Brumfield,Lamar-UM Jr 1 LB 5 4 9 9.0 Byron McKnight-SC Fr 1 DE 1 0 1.0 1.00 Dominic Douglas-MS Sr 1 LB 3 6 9 9.0 Stewart,B-VU Jr 1 DE 1 0 1.0 1.00 7. Lewis,Myron-VU Jr 1 CB 6 2 8 8.0 Ellix Wilson-UT Sr 1 LB 1 0 1.0 1.00 Emanuel Cook-SC Jr 1 SS 8 0 8 8.0 Chavis Williams-UA So 1 1 0 1.0 1.00 9. Lewis,Kendrick-UM Jr 1 4 3 7 7.0 Johnny Williams-UK Sr 1 LB 1 0 1.0 1.00 Zach Smith-MS So 1 DB 3 4 7 7.0 C. Higgenbotham-UA So 1 1 0 1.0 1.00 Langford,R-VU Sr 1 3 4 7 7.0 Braxton Kelley-UK Sr 1 LB 1 0 1.0 1.00 Matt Harris-AR Jr 1 3 4 7 7.0 Moore,DJ-VU Jr 1 CB 1 0 1.0 1.00 Neiko Thorpe-AU Fr 1 DB 5 2 7 7.0 Rahim Alem-LS Jr 1 DE 1 0 1.0 1.00 Danny McCray-LS Jr 1 DB 2 5 7 7.0 Merrill Johnson-AU Sr 1 LB 1 0 1.0 1.00 D. Morley-UT Jr 1 DB 5 2 7 7.0 Antonio Coleman-AU Jr 1 DL 1 0 1.0 1.00 16. Corvey Irvin-UG Sr 1 DT 4 2 6 6.0 Nathan Pepper-SC Jr 1 DL 1 0 1.0 1.00 -AU So 1 LB 1 5 6 6.0 Corvey Irvin-UG Sr 1 DT 1 0 1.0 1.00 Darryl Gamble-UG So 1 LB 3 3 6 6.0 Laz. Levingston-LS So 1 DE 1 0 1.0 1.00 Ernest Mitchell-AR Sr 1 3 3 6 6.0 Jerico Nelson-AR Fr 1 SS 1 0 1.0 1.00 Elton Ford-AR Fr 1 2 4 6 6.0 20. Rod Battle-UG Jr 1 DE 0 1 0.5 0.50 Jerraud Powers-AU Jr 1 DB 3 3 6 6.0 K.J. Wright-MS So 1 LB 1 5 6 6.0 TACKLES FOR LOSS Cl G Pos Solo Ast Total Avg/G -UA So 1 4 2 6 6.0 1. Ellix Wilson-UT Sr 1 LB 2 0 2.0 2.00 Marve,Chris-VU Fr 1 LB 4 2 6 6.0 Rahim Alem-LS Jr 1 DE 2 0 2.0 2.00 De'Mon Glanton-MS Sr 1 DB 2 4 6 6.0 Greenstone,TJ-VU Fr 1 DT 2 0 2.0 2.00 Adrian Davis-AR Jr 1 DE 1 5 6 6.0 S. Marks-AU Jr 1 DL 2 0 2.0 2.00 27. Darry Beckwith-LS Sr 1 LB 1 4 5 5.0 Marsh, L.-UF So 1 DE 2 0 2.0 2.00 Benoist,Patrick-VU Jr 1 LB 2 3 5 5.0 Cornell,J.-UM So 1 LB 2 0 2.0 2.00 Jai Eugene-LS So 1 CB 4 1 5 5.0 Dan Williams-UT Jr 1 DT 2 0 2.0 2.00 Black, A.-UF So 1 3 2 5 5.0 Antonio Coleman-AU Jr 1 DL 2 0 2.0 2.00 Moore,DJ-VU Jr 1 CB 3 2 5 5.0 Demonte' Bolden-UT Sr 1 DT 2 0 2.0 2.00 Brown,Johnny-UM So 1 4 1 5 5.0 Corvey Irvin-UG Sr 1 DT 2 0 2.0 2.00 Hamilton,Ryan-VU Jr 1 2 3 5 5.0 Zach Clayton-AU So 1 DL 2 0 2.0 2.00 Fein,Tony-UM Sr 1 LB 3 2 5 5.0 K.J. Wright-MS So 1 LB 1 2 2.0 2.00 Eryk Anders-UA Jr 1 2 3 5 5.0 13. Cunningham, J.-UF Jr 1 DE 1 1 1.5 1.50 Dannell Ellerbe-UG Sr 1 LB 3 2 5 5.0 14. Byron McKnight-SC Fr 1 DE 1 0 1.0 1.00 Micah Johnson-UK Jr 1 LB 5 0 5 5.0 De'Mon Glanton-MS Sr 1 DB 1 0 1.0 1.00 Haden, J.-UF So 1 DB 2 3 5 5.0 Laurent,Ted-UM Fr 1 1 0 1.0 1.00 Antonio Coleman-AU Jr 1 DL 4 1 5 5.0 Ricky Lumpkin-UK So 1 DT 1 0 1.0 1.00 Marquis Johnson-UA Jr 1 4 1 5 5.0 Stewart,B-VU Jr 1 DE 1 0 1.0 1.00 -LS Jr 1 4 1 5 5.0 Jerico Nelson-AR Fr 1 SS 1 0 1.0 1.00 Braxton Kelley-UK Sr 1 LB 4 1 5 5.0 DeAngelo Tyson-UG Fr 1 DT 1 0 1.0 1.00 43. Greenstone,TJ-VU Fr 1 DT 3 1 4 4.0 Jamar Love-AR Sr 1 CB 3 1 4 4.0 PASSES DEFENDED Cl G BrUp Int. Total Avg/G Hill, W.-UF Fr 1 3 1 4 4.0 1. Lewis,Kendrick-UM Jr 1 3 1 4 4.00 Corey Peters-UK Jr 1 DT 4 0 4 4.0 2. Trevard Lindley-UK Jr 1 1 1 2 2.00 Robbie McAtee-UK Sr 1 CB 3 1 4 4.0 D. Morley-UT Jr 1 1 1 2 2.00 Demarcus Dobbs-UG So 1 DE 2 2 4 4.0 Chris Evans-AU Sr 1 2 0 2 2.00 Courtney Harden-AU Sr 1 LB 0 4 4 4.0 Elton Ford-AR Fr 1 2 0 2 2.00 A. Robinson-AR Sr 1 DE 0 4 4 4.0 Neiko Thorpe-AU Fr 1 2 0 2 2.00 C. Munnerlyn-SC Jr 1 2 0 2 2.00 Jeremy Jarmon-UK Jr 1 2 0 2 2.00 Nevin McKenzie-UT Sr 1 1 1 2 2.00 Corvey Irvin-UG Sr 1 2 0 2 2.00 David Jones-UK Sr 1 2 0 2 2.00 Trem. Johnson-LS Sr 1 2 0 2 2.00 Marquis Johnson-UA Jr 1 1 1 2 2.00 Tim Bailey-MS Sr 1 2 0 2 2.00 Lewis,Myron-VU Jr 1 1 1 2 2.00 16. Rico McCoy-UT Jr 1 1 0 1 1.00 Tramain Thomas-AR Fr 1 1 0 1 1.00 Haden, J.-UF So 1 1 0 1 1.00 Brandon Wood-UG So 1 1 0 1 1.00 Bryan Evans-UG Jr 1 1 0 1 1.00 2008 Southeastern Conference Football Individual Statistics Through games of Sep 01, 2008

INTERCEPTIONS Cl G No. Yds TD Long Avg/G 1. Black, A.-UF So 1 2 80 1 80 2.00 Keith Fitzhugh-MS Sr 1 2 11 0 11 2.00 3. Nevin McKenzie-UT Sr 1 1 61 1 61 1.00 Lewis,Kendrick-UM Jr 1 1 33 0 33 1.00 Wright, M.-UF So 1 1 32 1 32 1.00 Trevard Lindley-UK Jr 1 1 24 0 24 1.00 Carlos Thomas-SC Sr 1 1 10 0 10 1.00 Marquis Johnson-UA Jr 1 1 7 0 7 1.00 D. Willingham-UT Sr 1 1 5 0 5 1.00 Moore,DJ-VU Jr 1 1 1 0 1 1.00

FUMBLES FORCED Cl G No. Avg/G 1. Moore,DJ-VU Jr 1 1 1.00 Haden, J.-UF So 1 1 1.00 M. Sheppard-AR Jr 1 1 1.00 Cory Reamer-UA Jr 1 1 1.00 Jordin Lindsey-SC Sr 1 1 1.00 Merrill Johnson-AU Sr 1 1 1.00 Antonio Coleman-AU Jr 1 1 1.00 Johnny Williams-UK Sr 1 1 1.00 Jelani Smith-AR Fr 1 1 1.00 Cunningham, J.-UF Jr 1 1 1.00

FUMBLES RECOVERED Cl G No. Avg/G 1. Spencer Pybus-AU Fr 1 1 1.00 Michael Goggans-AU So 1 1 1.00 Eric Norwood-SC Jr 1 1 1.00 Zach Smith-MS So 1 1 1.00 Ashton Cobb-UK Jr 1 1 1.00 C. Munnerlyn-SC Jr 1 1 1.00 Haden, J.-UF So 1 1 1.00 Myron Pryor-UK Sr 1 1 1.00 D. Hightower-UA Fr 1 1 1.00 Stamper, R.-UF Jr 1 1 1.00 2008 Southeastern Conference Football Conference Team Game Highs Through games of Sep 01, 2008

TEAM HIGHS (highest totals made by)

Points 56 Florida vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) 45 Georgia vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) Points scored kicking 14 Alabama vs Clemson (Aug 30, 2008) [4fg,2pat] 11 LSU vs APPALACHIAN STATE (Aug. 30) [2fg,5pat] 11 Ole Miss vs MEMPHIS (Aug. 30) [2fg,5pat] Touchdowns 8 Florida vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) 6 Georgia vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) Total offense yards 535 Georgia vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) [212r,323p] 459 LSU vs APPALACHIAN STATE (Aug. 30) [266r,193p] Total offense plays 80 Alabama vs Clemson (Aug 30, 2008) [50r,30p] 76 Tennessee at UCLA (Sep 01, 2008) [34r,42p] Total offense yards/play 9.1 Georgia vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) [59-535] 7.4 Ole Miss vs MEMPHIS (Aug. 30) [59-438] Rushing yards 321 Auburn vs ULM (Aug. 30) 269 Vanderbilt at Miami University (Aug. 28) Rushing attempts 50 Vanderbilt at Miami University (Aug. 28) 50 Alabama vs Clemson (Aug 30, 2008) Yards per rush 7.0 Auburn vs ULM (Aug. 30) [46-321] 6.7 Florida vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) [38-255] Rushing TDs 4 Florida vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) 3 Vanderbilt at Miami University (Aug. 28) 3 Georgia vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) 3 Ole Miss vs MEMPHIS (Aug. 30) Longest rush 62 Florida vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) 59 Vanderbilt at Miami University (Aug. 28) Passing yards 323 Georgia vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) 318 Arkansas vs W. ILLINOIS (Aug. 30) Passing attempts 42 Tennessee at UCLA (Sep 01, 2008) 41 Arkansas vs W. ILLINOIS (Aug. 30) Passing TDs 3 LSU vs APPALACHIAN STATE (Aug. 30) 3 Georgia vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) Longest pass 64 Ole Miss vs MEMPHIS (Aug. 30) 61 Georgia vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) Passes completed 25 Arkansas vs W. ILLINOIS (Aug. 30) 22 Miss. State at Louisiana Tech (Aug. 30) 22 Alabama vs Clemson (Aug 30, 2008) Had intercepted 4 S. Carolina vs NC STATE (Aug. 28) 3 Miss. State at Louisiana Tech (Aug. 30) Pass completion pct 73.3 Alabama vs Clemson (Aug 30, 2008) [22-30] 63.0 S. Carolina vs NC STATE (Aug. 28) [17-27] 63.0 Georgia vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) [17-27] Passing yards/attempt 12.0 Georgia vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) [27-323] 9.7 Ole Miss vs MEMPHIS (Aug. 30) [23-222] Yards per catch 20.2 Ole Miss vs MEMPHIS (Aug. 30) [11-222] 19.0 Georgia vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) [17-323] Field goal attempts 5 Alabama vs Clemson (Aug 30, 2008) 4 Tennessee at UCLA (Sep 01, 2008) Field goals made 4 Alabama vs Clemson (Aug 30, 2008) 2 S. Carolina vs NC STATE (Aug. 28) 2 Vanderbilt at Miami University (Aug. 28) 2 Auburn vs ULM (Aug. 30) 2 LSU vs APPALACHIAN STATE (Aug. 30) 2 Ole Miss vs MEMPHIS (Aug. 30) 2 Kentucky at Louisville (Aug. 31) Longest field goal 54 Alabama vs Clemson (Aug 30, 2008) 2008 Southeastern Conference Football Team Game Highs Through games of Sep 01, 2008

52 Georgia vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) Field goal pct 100.0 S. Carolina vs NC STATE (Aug. 28) [2-2] 100.0 Vanderbilt at Miami University (Aug. 28) [2-2] 100.0 LSU vs APPALACHIAN STATE (Aug. 30) [2-2] 100.0 Ole Miss vs MEMPHIS (Aug. 30) [2-2] PAT kicks attempted 8 Florida vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) 6 Georgia vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) PAT kicks made 8 Florida vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) 6 Georgia vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) PAT kicks pct 100.0 Florida vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) [8-8] 100.0 Georgia vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) [6-6] 100.0 LSU vs APPALACHIAN STATE (Aug. 30) [5-5] 100.0 Ole Miss vs MEMPHIS (Aug. 30) [5-5] 100.0 S. Carolina vs NC STATE (Aug. 28) [4-4] 100.0 Vanderbilt at Miami University (Aug. 28) [4-4] 100.0 Arkansas vs W. ILLINOIS (Aug. 30) [4-4] 100.0 Auburn vs ULM (Aug. 30) [4-4] 100.0 Kentucky at Louisville (Aug. 31) [3-3] 100.0 Tennessee at UCLA (Sep 01, 2008) [3-3] 100.0 Miss. State at Louisiana Tech (Aug. 30) [2-2] 100.0 Alabama vs Clemson (Aug 30, 2008) [2-2] 2-point PAT attempts 1 Alabama vs Clemson (Aug 30, 2008) 2-point PATs made 1 Alabama vs Clemson (Aug 30, 2008) Punts 7 Auburn vs ULM (Aug. 30) 7 Miss. State at Louisiana Tech (Aug. 30) 7 Kentucky at Louisville (Aug. 31) 7 Tennessee at UCLA (Sep 01, 2008) Longest punt 60 Florida vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) 58 Auburn vs ULM (Aug. 30) Yards punted 304 Auburn vs ULM (Aug. 30) [7-304] 296 Kentucky at Louisville (Aug. 31) [7-296] Punting avg 53.0 Florida vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) [4-212] 45.7 S. Carolina vs NC STATE (Aug. 28) [3-137] Punt returns 6 Kentucky at Louisville (Aug. 31) 5 Vanderbilt at Miami University (Aug. 28) Punt return yards 120 Vanderbilt at Miami University (Aug. 28) 95 Florida vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) Punt return avg 24.0 Vanderbilt at Miami University (Aug. 28) [5-120] 23.8 Florida vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) [4-95] Punt return TDs 1 Auburn vs ULM (Aug. 30) 1 Florida vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) Longest punt return 91 Vanderbilt at Miami University (Aug. 28) 74 Florida vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) Kick returns 5 Miss. State at Louisiana Tech (Aug. 30) 5 Tennessee at UCLA (Sep 01, 2008) Kick return yards 142 Tennessee at UCLA (Sep 01, 2008) 98 Miss. State at Louisiana Tech (Aug. 30) Kick return avg 28.4 Tennessee at UCLA (Sep 01, 2008) [5-142] 22.0 Arkansas vs W. ILLINOIS (Aug. 30) [4-88] Longest kick return 43 Tennessee at UCLA (Sep 01, 2008) 33 LSU vs APPALACHIAN STATE (Aug. 30) Interceptions 4 Florida vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) 4 Tennessee at UCLA (Sep 01, 2008) Interception return yds 112 Florida vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) 66 Tennessee at UCLA (Sep 01, 2008) Interception return avg 28.0 Florida vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) [4-112] 2008 Southeastern Conference Football Team Game Highs Through games of Sep 01, 2008

17.0 Ole Miss vs MEMPHIS (Aug. 30) [2-34] Longest interception rtn 80 Florida vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) 61 Tennessee at UCLA (Sep 01, 2008) Interception return TDs 2 Florida vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) 1 Tennessee at UCLA (Sep 01, 2008) Fumbles lost 2 Vanderbilt at Miami University (Aug. 28) 2 Arkansas vs W. ILLINOIS (Aug. 30) 2 Miss. State at Louisiana Tech (Aug. 30) Fumbles recovered 2 S. Carolina vs NC STATE (Aug. 28) 2 Auburn vs ULM (Aug. 30) 2 Florida vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) 2 Kentucky at Louisville (Aug. 31) Sacked by opp 5 S. Carolina vs NC STATE (Aug. 28) 4 Arkansas vs W. ILLINOIS (Aug. 30) QB sacks 4 Florida vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) 3 Vanderbilt at Miami University (Aug. 28) 3 LSU vs APPALACHIAN STATE (Aug. 30) 3 Alabama vs Clemson (Aug 30, 2008) 3 Georgia vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) Turnovers committed 5 Miss. State at Louisiana Tech (Aug. 30) 4 S. Carolina vs NC STATE (Aug. 28) Turnovers caused 6 Florida vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) 5 Kentucky at Louisville (Aug. 31) Kicks blocked 1 Miss. State at Louisiana Tech (Aug. 30) 1 Kentucky at Louisville (Aug. 31) First downs 25 Alabama vs Clemson (Aug 30, 2008) 24 Arkansas vs W. ILLINOIS (Aug. 30) 1st downs rushing 16 Auburn vs ULM (Aug. 30) 13 Alabama vs Clemson (Aug 30, 2008) 1st downs passing 17 Arkansas vs W. ILLINOIS (Aug. 30) 14 Miss. State at Louisiana Tech (Aug. 30) 1st downs by penalty 5 Kentucky at Louisville (Aug. 31) 2 Alabama vs Clemson (Aug 30, 2008) 2 Florida vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) Penalties 13 Florida vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) 11 Georgia vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) Penalties yards 90 Florida vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) 70 Georgia vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) 2008 Southeastern Conference Football Conference Individual Game Highs Through games of Sep 01, 2008

INDIVIDUAL PLAYER GAME HIGHS

Points scored 18 Knowshon Moreno (Georgia) vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) 14 Leigh Tiffin (Alabama) vs Clemson (Aug 30, 2008) Touchdowns 3 Knowshon Moreno (Georgia) vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) 2 Nickson,Chris (Vanderbilt) at Miami University (Aug. 28) 2 Casey Dick (Arkansas) vs W. ILLINOIS (Aug. 30) 2 Charles Scott (LSU) vs APPALACHIAN STATE (Aug. 30) 2 Brandon LaFell (LSU) vs APPALACHIAN STATE (Aug. 30) 2 James, B. (Florida) vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) 2 Hodge,Shay (Ole Miss) vs MEMPHIS (Aug. 30) 2 M. Hardesty (Tennessee) at UCLA (Sep 01, 2008) TD responsibility 4 Casey Dick (Arkansas) vs W. ILLINOIS (Aug. 30) [2r,2p] 3 Nickson,Chris (Vanderbilt) at Miami University (Aug. 28) [2r,1p] 3 J. Wilson (Alabama) vs Clemson (Aug 30, 2008) [1r,2p] 3 Knowshon Moreno (Georgia) vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) [3r,0p] Points scored kicking 14 Leigh Tiffin (Alabama) vs Clemson (Aug 30, 2008) [4fg,2pat] 11 Josh Jasper (LSU) vs APPALACHIAN STATE (Aug. 30) [2fg,5pat] 11 Shene,Joshua (Ole Miss) vs MEMPHIS (Aug. 30) [2fg,5pat] Total offense yards 330 Casey Dick (Arkansas) vs W. ILLINOIS (Aug. 30) [12r,318p] 275 M. Stafford (Georgia) vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) [0r,275p] Total offense plays 48 Casey Dick (Arkansas) vs W. ILLINOIS (Aug. 30) [7r,41p] 47 J. Crompton (Tennessee) at UCLA (Sep 01, 2008) [6r,41p] Total offense yards/play 38.0 Demps, J. (Florida) vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) [2-76] 18.4 Chris Smelley (S. Carolina) vs NC STATE (Aug. 28) [5-92] Rushing yards 166 Nickson,Chris (Vanderbilt) at Miami University (Aug. 28) 160 Charles Scott (LSU) vs APPALACHIAN STATE (Aug. 30) Rushing attempts 20 Nickson,Chris (Vanderbilt) at Miami University (Aug. 28) 18 Anthony Dixon (Miss. State) at Louisiana Tech (Aug. 30) Yards per rush 38.0 Demps, J. (Florida) vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) [2-76] 13.0 Walker,Sean (Vanderbilt) at Miami University (Aug. 28) [2-26] Rushing TDs 3 Knowshon Moreno (Georgia) vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) 2 Nickson,Chris (Vanderbilt) at Miami University (Aug. 28) 2 Casey Dick (Arkansas) vs W. ILLINOIS (Aug. 30) 2 Charles Scott (LSU) vs APPALACHIAN STATE (Aug. 30) 2 M. Hardesty (Tennessee) at UCLA (Sep 01, 2008) Longest rush 62 Demps, J. (Florida) vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) 59 Nickson,Chris (Vanderbilt) at Miami University (Aug. 28) Passing yards 318 Casey Dick (Arkansas) vs W. ILLINOIS (Aug. 30) 275 M. Stafford (Georgia) vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) Passing attempts 41 Casey Dick (Arkansas) vs W. ILLINOIS (Aug. 30) 41 J. Crompton (Tennessee) at UCLA (Sep 01, 2008) Passing TDs 2 Chris Smelley (S. Carolina) vs NC STATE (Aug. 28) 2 Casey Dick (Arkansas) vs W. ILLINOIS (Aug. 30) 2 Jarrett Lee (LSU) vs APPALACHIAN STATE (Aug. 30) 2 J. Wilson (Alabama) vs Clemson (Aug 30, 2008) 2 M. Stafford (Georgia) vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) 2 Snead,Jevan (Ole Miss) vs MEMPHIS (Aug. 30) Longest pass 64 Snead,Jevan (Ole Miss) vs MEMPHIS (Aug. 30) 61 M. Stafford (Georgia) vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) Passes completed 25 Casey Dick (Arkansas) vs W. ILLINOIS (Aug. 30) 22 J. Wilson (Alabama) vs Clemson (Aug 30, 2008) Had intercepted 4 Tommy Beecher (S. Carolina) vs NC STATE (Aug. 28) 3 Wesley Carroll (Miss. State) at Louisiana Tech (Aug. 30) Pass completion pct 100.0 Chris Smelley (S. Carolina) vs NC STATE (Aug. 28) [5-5] 73.3 J. Wilson (Alabama) vs Clemson (Aug 30, 2008) [22-30] 2008 Southeastern Conference Football Individual Game Highs Through games of Sep 01, 2008

Pass yards/attempt 18.4 Chris Smelley (S. Carolina) vs NC STATE (Aug. 28) [5-92] 13.1 M. Stafford (Georgia) vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) [21-275] Pass yards/catch 18.4 Chris Smelley (S. Carolina) vs NC STATE (Aug. 28) [5-92] 21.2 M. Stafford (Georgia) vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) [13-275] Receiving yards 88 Greg Childs (Arkansas) vs W. ILLINOIS (Aug. 30) 87 Brandon LaFell (LSU) vs APPALACHIAN STATE (Aug. 30) Receptions 7 Nick Walker (Alabama) vs Clemson (Aug 30, 2008) 6 Kenny McKinley (S. Carolina) vs NC STATE (Aug. 28) 6 Greg Childs (Arkansas) vs W. ILLINOIS (Aug. 30) 6 Aubrey Bell (Miss. State) at Louisiana Tech (Aug. 30) Yards per catch 39.5 Hodge,Shay (Ole Miss) vs MEMPHIS (Aug. 30) [2-79] 26.5 Walker,Sean (Vanderbilt) at Miami University (Aug. 28) [2-53] 26.5 Knowshon Moreno (Georgia) vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) [2-53] Receiving TDs 2 Brandon LaFell (LSU) vs APPALACHIAN STATE (Aug. 30) 2 Hodge,Shay (Ole Miss) vs MEMPHIS (Aug. 30) Longest reception 64 Hodge,Shay (Ole Miss) vs MEMPHIS (Aug. 30) 61 Kris Durham (Georgia) vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) Field goal attempts 5 Leigh Tiffin (Alabama) vs Clemson (Aug 30, 2008) 4 Daniel Lincoln (Tennessee) at UCLA (Sep 01, 2008) Field goals made 4 Leigh Tiffin (Alabama) vs Clemson (Aug 30, 2008) 2 Ryan Succop (S. Carolina) vs NC STATE (Aug. 28) 2 Hahnfeldt,B (Vanderbilt) at Miami University (Aug. 28) 2 Wes Byrum (Auburn) vs ULM (Aug. 30) 2 Josh Jasper (LSU) vs APPALACHIAN STATE (Aug. 30) 2 Shene,Joshua (Ole Miss) vs MEMPHIS (Aug. 30) 2 Lones Seiber (Kentucky) at Louisville (Aug. 31) Longest field goal 54 Leigh Tiffin (Alabama) vs Clemson (Aug 30, 2008) 52 Blair Walsh (Georgia) vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) Field goal pct 100.0 Ryan Succop (S. Carolina) vs NC STATE (Aug. 28) [2-2] 100.0 Hahnfeldt,B (Vanderbilt) at Miami University (Aug. 28) [2-2] 100.0 Josh Jasper (LSU) vs APPALACHIAN STATE (Aug. 30) [2-2] 100.0 Shene,Joshua (Ole Miss) vs MEMPHIS (Aug. 30) [2-2] PAT kicks attempted 8 Phillips, J. (Florida) vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) 6 Blair Walsh (Georgia) vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) PAT kicks made 8 Phillips, J. (Florida) vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) 6 Blair Walsh (Georgia) vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) PAT kicks pct 100.0 Phillips, J. (Florida) vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) [8-8] 100.0 Blair Walsh (Georgia) vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) [6-6] 100.0 Josh Jasper (LSU) vs APPALACHIAN STATE (Aug. 30) [5-5] 100.0 Shene,Joshua (Ole Miss) vs MEMPHIS (Aug. 30) [5-5] 100.0 Ryan Succop (S. Carolina) vs NC STATE (Aug. 28) [4-4] 100.0 Hahnfeldt,B (Vanderbilt) at Miami University (Aug. 28) [4-4] 100.0 Alex Tejada (Arkansas) vs W. ILLINOIS (Aug. 30) [4-4] 100.0 Wes Byrum (Auburn) vs ULM (Aug. 30) [4-4] 100.0 Lones Seiber (Kentucky) at Louisville (Aug. 31) [3-3] 100.0 Daniel Lincoln (Tennessee) at UCLA (Sep 01, 2008) [3-3] 100.0 Adam Carlson (Miss. State) at Louisiana Tech (Aug. 30) [2-2] 100.0 Leigh Tiffin (Alabama) vs Clemson (Aug 30, 2008) [2-2] Punts 7 Clinton Durst (Auburn) vs ULM (Aug. 30) 7 Blake McAdams (Miss. State) at Louisiana Tech (Aug. 30) Yards punted 304 Clinton Durst (Auburn) vs ULM (Aug. 30) [7-304] 234 Chad Cunningham (Tennessee) at UCLA (Sep 01, 2008) [6-234] Longest punt 60 Henry, C. (Florida) vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) 2008 Southeastern Conference Football Individual Game Highs Through games of Sep 01, 2008

58 Clinton Durst (Auburn) vs ULM (Aug. 30) Punting avg 53.0 Henry, C. (Florida) vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) [4-212] 45.7 Spencer Lanning (S. Carolina) vs NC STATE (Aug. 28) [3-137] Punt returns 6 Dicky Lyons (Kentucky) at Louisville (Aug. 31) 4 James, B. (Florida) vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) Punt return yards 98 Moore,DJ (Vanderbilt) at Miami University (Aug. 28) 95 James, B. (Florida) vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) Longest punt return 91 Moore,DJ (Vanderbilt) at Miami University (Aug. 28) 74 James, B. (Florida) vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) Punt return TDs 1 Robert Dunn (Auburn) vs ULM (Aug. 30) 1 James, B. (Florida) vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) Punt return avg 32.7 Moore,DJ (Vanderbilt) at Miami University (Aug. 28) [3-98] 23.8 James, B. (Florida) vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) [4-95] Kick returns 4 Walker,Sean (Vanderbilt) at Miami University (Aug. 28) 3 Elton Ford (Arkansas) vs W. ILLINOIS (Aug. 30) 3 Wade Bonner (Miss. State) at Louisiana Tech (Aug. 30) 3 Ramarcus Brown (Georgia) vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) 3 Bolden,Brandon (Ole Miss) vs MEMPHIS (Aug. 30) Kick return yards 84 Walker,Sean (Vanderbilt) at Miami University (Aug. 28) 76 Gerald Jones (Tennessee) at UCLA (Sep 01, 2008) Kick return avg 38.0 Gerald Jones (Tennessee) at UCLA (Sep 01, 2008) [2-76] 25.0 Dennis Rogan (Tennessee) at UCLA (Sep 01, 2008) [2-50] Longest kick return 43 Gerald Jones (Tennessee) at UCLA (Sep 01, 2008) 33 Tr. Holliday (LSU) vs APPALACHIAN STATE (Aug. 30) Combined PR/KR yards 109 Gerald Jones (Tennessee) at UCLA (Sep 01, 2008) [33pr-76kr] 98 Moore,DJ (Vanderbilt) at Miami University (Aug. 28) [98pr-0kr] Interceptions 2 Keith Fitzhugh (Miss. State) at Louisiana Tech (Aug. 30) 2 Black, A. (Florida) vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) Interception return yds 80 Black, A. (Florida) vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) 61 Nevin McKenzie (Tennessee) at UCLA (Sep 01, 2008) Interception return avg 40.0 Black, A. (Florida) vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) [2-80] 5.5 Keith Fitzhugh (Miss. State) at Louisiana Tech (Aug. 30) [2-11] Longest interception rtn 80 Black, A. (Florida) vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) 61 Nevin McKenzie (Tennessee) at UCLA (Sep 01, 2008) Interception return TDs 1 Black, A. (Florida) vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) 1 Wright, M. (Florida) vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) 1 Nevin McKenzie (Tennessee) at UCLA (Sep 01, 2008) All-purpose yards 174 Charles Scott (LSU) vs APPALACHIAN STATE (Aug. 30) 166 Nickson,Chris (Vanderbilt) at Miami University (Aug. 28) Tackles 13.0 Sanford,Jamarca (Ole Miss) vs MEMPHIS (Aug. 30) [11-2] 12.0 Jamar Chaney (Miss. State) at Louisiana Tech (Aug. 30) [5-7] 12.0 Ellix Wilson (Tennessee) at UCLA (Sep 01, 2008) [11-1] Sacks 2.0 Marsh, L. (Florida) vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) [2-0] 1.5 Cunningham, J. (Florida) vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) [1-1] Tackles for loss 2.0 Greenstone,TJ (Vanderbilt) at Miami University (Aug. 28) [2-0] 2.0 S. Marks (Auburn) vs ULM (Aug. 30) [2-0] 2.0 Zach Clayton (Auburn) vs ULM (Aug. 30) [2-0] 2.0 Antonio Coleman (Auburn) vs ULM (Aug. 30) [2-0] 2.0 Rahim Alem (LSU) vs APPALACHIAN STATE (Aug. 30) [2-0] 2.0 K.J. Wright (Miss. State) at Louisiana Tech (Aug. 30) [1-2] 2.0 Marsh, L. (Florida) vs HAWAII (Aug. 30) [2-0] 2.0 Corvey Irvin (Georgia) vs GA. SOUTHERN (Aug. 30) [2-0] 2.0 Cornell,J. (Ole Miss) vs MEMPHIS (Aug. 30) [2-0]